Lincoln Clark

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Lincoln Clark (August 9, 1800 - September 16, 1886) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.

Born in Conway, Massachusetts, Clark attended the district and private schools. He was graduated from Amherst College in 1825. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1831 and commenced practice in Pickensville, Alabama. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1834, 1835, and 1845. He moved to Tuscaloosa in 1836.

Clark was elected attorney general by the legislature in 1839. He was appointed by Governor Fitzpatrick circuit judge in 1846. He moved to Dubuque, Iowa, in 1848.

Clark was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853). He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1852 and 1854 for reelection to the Thirty-third and Thirty-fourth Congresses. He resumed the practice of law in Chicago, Illinois. He was appointed United States register in bankruptcy in 1866. He retired from active business and returned to Conway, Massachusetts, in 1869. He died in Conway, Massachusetts, September 16, 1886. He was interred in Howland Cemetery.

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• Lincoln Clark at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress