Charles B. Clark

Charles Benjamin Clark (August 24, 1844 – September 10, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin.

Born in Theresa, New York, Clark attended the common schools. He moved to Wisconsin in 1855 with his widowed mother, who settled in Neenah, Wisconsin. Enlisted in Company I, Twenty-first Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, at its organization, and served with the same during the Civil War. He engaged in mercantile pursuits, banking, and the manufacture of paper, notably Clark was a founder of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. He served as mayor of Neenah 1880-1883. He served as member of the city council of Neenah 1883-1885. He served as member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1885.

Clark was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress. He died in Watertown, New York, while on a visit to his old home, September 10, 1891. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, Neenah, Wisconsin.

Sources

• Charles B. Clark at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress