Clarke, Reader Wright

Long time Whig Party activist, newspaper publisher, and two term member of Congress from Ohio's Sixth District. 

Life Span
to
    Full name
    Reader Wright Clarke
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    No. of Siblings
    9
    No. of Spouses
    1
    Family

    Houton Clarke (father), Nancy Riley Clarke (mother), Sarah Turpin (wife)

    Occupation
    Politician
    Attorney or Judge
    Journalist
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Whig
    Republican
    Government
    Grant Administration (1869-77)
    US House of Representatives
    State legislature
    Other state government
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