House  1868-69  (District 5);  House  1872-73  (District 26);  House  1875  (District 26)
                            
                            
                                Party when first elected:  Republican
                            
                            
                                Counties Served: 
                   Hennepin
                            
                            BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Birth: 
                                            ??/??/1835
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Place: 
                                            New York
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth County: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Birth Country: 
                                            United States
                                        
                                        
                                            Date of Death: 
                                            ??/??/1885
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                        
                                        
                                            Gender: 
                                            Male
                                        
                                        
                                            Religion: 
                                            
                                        
                                        
                                            Reported Minority: None Reported
                                        
                                     
                                    
                                 
                                
                                
                                    Other Names: 
                                    Chas., C.H.
                                
                                
                                    
                                
                                | Alternate Spelling of Last Name: Clarke | 
                                
                                    City of Residence (when first elected): 
                                    Minneapolis
                                
                                
                                    Occupation (when first elected): 
                                    Farmer/Studied Law
                                
                             
                            EDUCATION
                            
                                
                                    Common Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
Private Schools; At Least Elementary School; 
Studied Law; With General Diven, New York
                                
                             
                            OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE
                            
                                
                                
                                        
                                        
                                            State Board/Commission/Council: 
                                            Minnesota State Agricultural Society (Secretary, 11 years); 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                        
                                            U.S. Executive Branch: 
                                            United States Revenue Assessor, Hennepin County, Minnesota; 
                         
                         18?? to 18??
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    
                             
                         
                        
                        
                            FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
                            
                                
	
                                    Spouse: 
                                    Married
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                                    Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature: 
                                    
                                    
                                
                             
                            GENERAL NOTES
                            
                                
                                    Toensing and the Minnesota Legislative Manual, 1868 list his last name as Clark.  The Fifteenth Legislature of Minnesota, 1873 and the Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1873 and 1875 list Clarke.  The Minnesota Legislative Manuals, 1869 and 1872 list both Clarke and Clark.
He lived in Texas from 1854-1855.  He moved to Minnesota in 1856 and settled in Minneapolis.