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Clark, John B

soldier, congressman, was born April 17, 1802, in Madison county, Ky. In 1832 he commanded a regiment of mounted militia, during the Black Hawk war; and was made majorgeneral of militia in 1848. He was elected to the legislature during the session of 1850 and 1851. He was a member of the thirty-fifth congress; was re-elected to the thirty-sixth and to the thirty-seventh congresses. He took part in the rebellion of 1861 as a colonel, having been expelled from the house in July, 1861. He died Oct. 29, 1885, in Fayetteville, Mo.

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