Biography

02/28/1809 - 04/07/1873

CLARK, Samuel H., a Representative from Dauphin County; born, February 28, 1809 near Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa.; printer and bookbinder; publisher, Pennsylvania Intelligencer and State Democrat, Harrisburg (1837-1839); elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1840 and 1841; proprietor, Christian Chronicle, Philadelphia (1846-1863); collector of customs, Philadelphia (1847-1852); publisher, Daily Evening Chronicle, Syracuse, NY (1853-1856); publisher, Medina Tribune, Medina, NY (1860-1865); commissioner, Board of Enrollment, Civil War (1861-1866); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Medina (1867-1872); died, April 7, 1873 in Medina, Orleans County, New York; interred, Boxwood Cemetery, Medina, Orleans County, New York.