The Biographical Dictionary of America/Clark, Lincoln

CLARK, Lincoln, representative, was born in Conway, Mass., Aug. 9, 1800; son of Elisha and Lucinda (Keith) Clark. He was graduated at Amherst in 1835; taught in North Carolina and Virginia, 1835–31: practised law in Pickensville, Ala., 1831–36, and served in the state legislature in 1834, 1835 and 1845. He resided in Tuscaloosa, 1836–47, and was attorney-general of the state in 1839 and judge of the circuit court in 1846. He was a lawyer in Dubuque, Iowa, 1848–63, and a representative from Iowa in the 33d congress, 1851–53. He then removed to Chicago where he practised law until 1866, when he was made register in bankruptcy. In 1869 he returned to Conway. Mass., where he died, Sept. 16, 1886.