Samuel M. Clark

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Samuel Mercer Clark (October 11, 1842 - August 11, 1900) was a U.S. Representative from Iowa.

Born near Keosauqua, Iowa, Clark attended the public schools and the Des Moines Valley College, West Point, Iowa. He went on to study law and was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1864. However, he did not practice extensively.

He was editor of the Keokuk Daily Gate City for 31 years. He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1872, 1876, and 1880.

He was appointed commissioner of education to the Paris Exposition in 1889. He served as Keokuk, Iowa's Postmaster from 1879-1885.

He was a member of the Keokuk Board of Education from 1879 - 1894, and served as the Board's president from 1882 until 1894.

Clark was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1899). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress. He resumed editorial duties.

He died in Keokuk on August 11, 1900, aged 57. He was interred in Oakland Cemetery.