Notes for Amos CLARK, JR.

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Notes for Amos CLARK, JR.

Hon. Amos Clark, Jr., well known as a public man, commenced his political
career in 1866 as a member of the City Council of Elizabeth. He was elected the same year to the State Senate and served until 1869. In 1872 he was elected to Congress on the republican ticket and served one term, and it is said of him that no representative of his district ever did so much, directly or indirectly for its commercial interests. He has been identified with most of the prominent enterprises in Elizabeth. He established and for fourteen years was president of the First National Bank. He was also the founder and president of the National Fire and Marine Insurance Company. The Newark and Elizabeth Horse Railroad Company was also the result of his enterprise, and he held until 1872 the office of its president. He was prominent in the establishment of the state agricultural society and for years practically carried it through all it its difficulties, and until within a few years was its president. His latest financial venture was the establishment of the Citizen's Bank, of which he is now president. He is and has been widely interested in real estate projects, and much of the prosperity of Elizabeth is due to his enterprise. (From STEPHEN LINCOLN OF OAKHAM, MA - compiled in
1895). In HISTORY OF UNION COUNTY, V.II, (Vandoren Honeyman), p. 34, it states that "He served his city and district well, and retired from public life
holding the respect of all men irrespective of party. After his retirement, Mr. Clark became a resident of Norfolk Co., Massachusetts. It appears, in fact, that Mr. Clark was defeated for reelection for a second term for Congress, thus his retirement.

Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century.
Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography
page 217
CLARK, AMOS, banker, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 8, 1827, in Westfield, N. Y. He was banker in Elizabeth, and largely interested in real estate. He was elected a state senator from 1866 to 1869; was an elector in 1872, and was elected to the forty-third congress as a republican.

Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
Biographies - C
page 979
CLARK, Amos, Jr., a Representative from New Jersey; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., November 8, 1828; engaged in business in New York City, with residence in Elizabeth, where he was largely interested in real estate; member of the city council of Elizabeth in 1865 and 1866; served in the State senate 1866-1869; presidential elector on the Republican ticket of Grant and Wilson in 1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; retired to his residence in Norfolk County, Mass., but retained business interests in Elizabeth, N.J.; died in Boston, Mass., October 31, 1912; interment in Evergreen Cemetery, Elizabeth, N.J.

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