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Oct 01, 1834 Schellsburg, Pennsylvania, United States Died on 29 Apr 1879 (aged 44)
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- Rush Clark (October 1, 1834 – April 29, 1879) was a nineteenth-century politician and lawyer from Iowa, who died on the floor of Congress in 1879. Born in Schellsburg, Pennsylvania, Clark attended common schools and a local academy in Ligonier, Pennsylvania as a child.
- He graduated from Jefferson College in 1853, studied law and was admitted to the bar the same year, commencing practice in Iowa City, Iowa. He was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 1860 to 1864, serving as Speaker of the House in 1863 and 1864, served on the staff of Governor Samuel J.
- Kirkwood in 1861 and 1862 and aided in the organization of volunteer regiments from Iowa during the Civil War.
- Clark was a trustee of the University of Iowa from 1862 to 1866, was again a member of the Iowa House of Representatives in 1876. In 1876, he was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
- He was re-elected two years later.
- However, on April 29, 1879, near the beginning of the first session of his second term, he died suddenly on the floor of the House, reportedly suffering an attack of meningitis.
- He was interred in Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City.
