Lot Clark

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Lot Clark
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st district
In office March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825
Preceded by	Elijah Spencer
Succeeded by	Elias Whitmore
Born	May 23, 1788 Hillsdale, New York
Died	December 18, 1862 Buffalo, New York
Political party	Crawford

Lot Clark (May 23, 1788 - December 18, 1862) was a United States Representative from New York.

Born in Hillsdale, New York, Clark moved with his parents to Otsego County in 1796. He pursued academic studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar on June 11, 1816, and practiced in Norwich, New York. He served as district attorney of Chenango County in 1822 and 1823.

Clark was elected as a Crawford Democratic-Republican to the 18th United States Congress (March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825). He was appointed postmaster of Norwich on April 29, 1825, and served until April 12, 1828. He again served as district attorney of Chenango County in 1828 and 1829. He moved to Lockport, New York, in 1829 and continued the practice of law. He became president of the Lockport Bank in 1829. He served as member and agent of the so-called Albany Co., owners of all the unsold lands in Niagara and Orleans Counties and in the northern parts of Genesee and Erie Counties. He moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1835, and became projector of the first wire-cable bridge over the Niagara chasm. He served as president of the Suspension Bridge Company until his death. He served as member of the State assembly in 1846. He died in Buffalo, New York, December 18, 1862 and is interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

[edit] External links

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

Preceded by Elijah Spencer

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st congressional district 1823 - 1825

Succeeded by Elias Whitmore

Persondata
NAME	Clark, Lot
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 23, 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hillsdale, New York
DATE OF DEATH	December 18, 1862
PLACE OF DEATH	Buffalo, New York