John Clark | |
Office: | 11th Mayor of Salt Lake City |
Term Start: | 1898 |
Term End: | 1899 |
Predecessor: | James Glendinning |
Successor: | Ezra Thompson |
Birth Date: | 3 April 1834 |
Birth Place: | Chilton, England |
Death Place: | Salt Lake City, Utah |
Party: | Independent |
John Clark (April 3, 1834 – May 5, 1908) was an American politician who was mayor of Salt Lake City from 1898 to 1899.[1]
Clark was born in England. His mother died when he was young and his father joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They then moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, where Clark was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at age 10.
Clark came to Utah in 1852, and was a member of the Nauvoo Legion serving both in the Utah War and in conflicts with Native Americans. He was a member of the Salt Lake City council from 1869 to 1888 and a member of the Utah Territorial legislature beginning in 1884.
Clark served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in England in 1879, working in the mission office with Joseph F. Smith. He was for many years a ward clerk, then an alternate member of the Salt Lake High council, and then made a regular member of the Ensign Stake High Council when the Salt Lake Stake was divided.