Role Politician Died March 28, 1851 | Name William Clark | |
President John Quincy AdamsAndrew Jackson Resting place English Presbyterian Cemetery | ||
The image shown on this page is taken from a portrait of Wm Clark, 1870-1838, of Lewis & Clark fame; it is NOT William Clark US Treasurer from Pennsylvania. Please help find correct image.
William Clark (February 18, 1774 – March 28, 1851) was a farmer, jurist, and politician from Dauphin, Pennsylvania.
He served as secretary of the Pennsylvania land office from 1818 to 1821, and State treasurer from 1821 to 1827. He was Treasurer of the United States from June 4, 1828 to November 1829.
Clark was elected as an Anti-Masonic candidate to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses. He was a member of the State constitutional revision commission in 1837. After Congress, he engaged in agricultural pursuits and died near Dauphin in 1851. He was interred in English Presbyterian Cemetery.