Edward Clark

Full Name: Edward Clark
Date of birth: April 1, 1815
Date of death: May 4, 1880

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Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	3	Elected but never sworn	1st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 2nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾		Marshall / Harrison		Harrison
H	Harrison	Elected but never sworn	1st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾		Marshall / Harrison		Harrison, Panola, Upshur

(1) Entire Senate went up for reelection due to Senatorial redistricting. Act approved Mar. 1848, 2nd Legislature, ch. 162, Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(2) Roster of members of the 2nd Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 12/15/1847, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) 2nd Legislature - Roll of Districts, oath of office, 12/13/1847, p. 3. Senate Journal.
(4) Edward Clark, in special election 11/1/1847, sworn in 2nd Legislature, succeeded unexpired term of William T. Scott, resigned 6/5/1847. Clark elected but never sworn in 1st Legislature. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(5) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(6) Democrat. Table of members of the 1st Legislature, The Texas Democrat (Austin, Texas), 5/20/1846, p. 3, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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Senate District 3
Elected but never sworn
Legislatures: 1st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ 2nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Home City/County: Marshall / Harrison
Counties in district: Harrison

House District Harrison
Elected but never sworn
Legislatures: 1st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾
Home City/County: Marshall / Harrison
Counties in district: Harrison, Panola, Upshur

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Edward Clark, p. 66. 8th Governor of Texas. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
Anecdote about candidacy for Lt. Governor on ticket with Sam Houston; brief sketch of later governorship, Hon. Edward Clark, pp. 29-31. Governors Who Have Been, and Other Public Men of Texas, 1921.
CLARK, EDWARD (1815-1880). In 1841 Clark moved to Texas and opened a law practice in Marshall. He fled briefly to Mexico at the end of the Civil War, but returned home to Marshall, Texas, where he died. Handbook of Texas Online.
Portrait and biographical sketch, Edward Clark, p. 38. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
7th Lieutenant Governor: Edward Clark. Portrait and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Biographical sketch, p. 99; political career, pp. 152-153; presiding officer of the Citizens Party nominating meeting, 10/12/1878, p. 339. A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880, 1983.
Biographical sketch and portrait (Governor during 8th Legislature). Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
Biographical sketch, "Governor by Chance," by Archie P. McDonald. Clark was elevated to the Governor's office in 1861 when Governor Sam Houston refused to take an oath pledging allegiance to the new and separate governments of Texas and the Confederacy. Texas Escapes Online Magazine.

Military Service Notes

Mexican War, "served on the staff of Gen. J. Pinckney Henderson . . . received a citation for bravery in the battle of Monterrey."
Confederate States Army, Colonel, 14th Texas Infantry, served as part of Walker's Texas Division. "He was promoted to the rank of brigadier general before his discharge, but the promotion may not have been confirmed by the Richmond government." Handbook of Texas Online.
Confederate States Army, Colonel, Brigadier General. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016, 2016.
Edward Clark. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 21, 106-107, Plate No. 56. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

Governor of Texas 1861. Legislative Reference Library, Governors of Texas, 1846-present.
Delegate to Constitutional Convention, 1845. Journals of the Convention, assembled at the city of Austin on the Fourth of July, 1845, for the purpose of framing a constitution for the State of Texas, pp. 377-378. Austin: Miner & Cruger, printers to the Convention, 1845. Texas Constitutions Digitization Project (Tarlton Law Library, The University of Texas at Austin), 2009.

Photographs

Photograph. Edward Clark, Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2006

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2nd R.S. - 1847 Education Judiciary (Chair) State Affairs
1st R.S. - 1846 County Boundaries General Land Office, Select Internal Improvements (Chair) Judiciary Rules State Affairs (Chair)

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