Freeman Clarke
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Freeman Clarke (March 22, 1809 - June 24, 1887) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in Troy, New York, Clarke attended the common schools. He went into business for himself at the age of fifteen. Began his financial career as cashier of the Bank of Orleans, Albion, New York. He moved to Rochester, New York, in 1845. He became director and president of numerous banks, railroads, and telegraph and trust companies of Rochester and New York City. He served as delegate to the Whig National Convention at Baltimore in 1852. He served as vice president of the first Republican State convention of New York in 1854. He was appointed Comptroller of the Currency in 1865. He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1867.
Clarke was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1864. Comptroller of the Currency from March 9, 1865, to February 6, 1867.
Clarke was again elected to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1875). He resumed his former business pursuits. He died in Rochester, New York, on June 24, 1887. He was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery.
