Franklin Clark | |
Order: | Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 4th district |
Term Start: | March 4, 1847 |
Term End: | March 3, 1849 |
Successor: | Rufus K. Goodenow |
Order2: | Member of the Maine Senate |
Term2: | 1847 |
Birth Date: | 2 August 1801 |
Birth Place: | Wiscasset, Massachusetts (now Maine) |
Death Place: | Brooklyn, New York |
Party: | Democrat |
Franklin Clark (August 2, 1801 – August 24, 1874) was a United States representative from Maine. He was born in Wiscasset, Massachusetts (now in Maine) on August 2, 1801. He attended the common schools, then engaged in the lumber and shipping business there. He was elected a member of the Maine Senate in 1847. He was elected as a Democrat to the (Thirtieth Congress) (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849). After retiring from Congress, he reengaged in the manufacture of lumber, and died in Brooklyn, New York on August 24, 1874. His interment was in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.