Bayard Clarke
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Bayard Clarke was a United States Representative from New York
. Born in New York City
, he graduated from Geneva College
in 1835. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and was attaché
to General Cass, United States Minister to France from 1836 to 1840. He was a student in the Royal Cavalry School and was appointed second lieutenant in the Eighth Infantry on March 3, 1841. He was transferred to the Second Dragoons in September 1841, and resigned December 15, 1843. He then settled in Westchester County, New York
and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress. Clarke was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1857. In 1884 he died in Schroon Lake; interment was in a vault at Newtown
, Long Island, New York.
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. Born in New York City
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, he graduated from Geneva College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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in 1835. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and was attaché
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to General Cass, United States Minister to France from 1836 to 1840. He was a student in the Royal Cavalry School and was appointed second lieutenant in the Eighth Infantry on March 3, 1841. He was transferred to the Second Dragoons in September 1841, and resigned December 15, 1843. He then settled in Westchester County, New York
Westchester County, New York
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and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress. Clarke was elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1857. In 1884 he died in Schroon Lake; interment was in a vault at Newtown
Newtown, New York
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, Long Island, New York.