| Frank Gay Clarke | |
| State: | New Hampshire |
| District: | 2nd |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1897 |
| Term End: | January 9, 1901 |
| Predecessor: | Henry Moore Baker |
| Term2: | 1889 |
| Term Start3: | 1891 |
| Term End3: | 1893 |
| Predecessor3: | Hiram D. Upton |
| Term4: | 1885 1891 |
| Birth Date: | 10 September 1850 |
| Resting Place: | Pine Hill Cemetery Peterborough, Hillsborough County New Hampshire, USA |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Frances A. Brooks Clarke |
| Children: | Mabel Frances Clarke |
| Parents: | Moses Clarke Julia Gay Clarke |
| Profession: | Lawyer Politician |
| Rank: | Colonel |
| Serviceyears: | 1885 - 1887 |
Frank Gay Clarke (September 10, 1850 – January 9, 1901) was an American politician, lawyer, and a United States Representative from New Hampshire.
Born in Wilton, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Clarke attended Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire, and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in 1873.[1] He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1876. He began his practice in Peterborough.
Clarke served as member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1885. He was appointed Colonel on the military staff of Governor Hale and served in that capacity from 1885 to 1887. He was elected and served in the New Hampshire Senate in 1889; was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1891, and was chosen Speaker of that body.[2]
Elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses, Clarke served as United States Representative for the second district of New Hampshire from March 4, 1897, until his death.[3]
Clarke died of an aneurysm in Peterborough on January 9, 1901[4] (age 50 years, 121 days). He is interred at Pine Hill Cemetery, Peterborough.
Son of Moses and Julia Gay, Clarke married Frances A. Brooks on May 13, 1875 and they had one daughter, Mabel Frances.[5]