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Apr 01, 1789 Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States Died on 23 Nov 1870 (aged 81)

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  • John Hopkins Clarke (April 1, 1789 – November 23, 1870) was a United States Senator from Rhode Island.
  • Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, he moved to Providence where he studied under a private teacher.
  • He graduated from Brown University in 1809, studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Providence in 1812.
  • He was clerk of the supreme court of Providence County in 1813 and proprietor of a distillery in Cranston until 1824 when he became a cotton manufacturer in Providence, Pontiac, and Woonsocket.
  • He was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1836 to 1842 and from 1845 to 1847. Clarke was elected as a Whig to the US Senate and served from March 4, 1847, to March 4, 1853; he resumed his former manufacturing pursuits and died in Providence in 1870.
  • Interment was in the North Burial Ground.

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