Lot Clark was an American lawyer and politician from New York

New York

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Life

Clark removed with his parents to Otsego County

Otsego County, New York

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 in 1796. He pursued academic studies and studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1816, and practiced in Norwich

Norwich (town), New York

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. He married Lavinia Crosby, and their children were Hiram Carter Clark (1816–1891) and Lot Curran Clark (1819–1880).

He was District Attorney of Chenango County

Chenango County, New York

Chenango County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 50,477. The county's name originates from an Oneida word meaning "large bull-thistle." Its county seat is Norwich.-History:...

 in 1822 and 1823.
Clark was elected as a Crawford Democratic-Republican to the 18th United States Congress

18th United States Congress

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, holding office from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1825. He was appointed postmaster of Norwich on April 29, 1825, and served until April 12, 1828. He was again D.A. of Chenango County from 1828 to 1829.

In 1829, he removed to Lockport

Lockport (city), New York

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, and continued the practice of law there. He was President of the Lockport Bank, and the local agent for the Albany Land Company, a group of investors who had bought large tracts of lands in Niagara

Niagara County, New York

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 and Orleans

Orleans County, New York

As of the census of 2000, there were 44,171 people, 15,363 households, and 10,846 families residing in the county. The population density was 113 people per square mile . There were 17,347 housing units at an average density of 44 per square mile...

 counties and in the northern parts of Genesee

Genesee County, New York

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 and Erie counties.

In 1835, he removed to Buffalo. He was a member from Niagara County of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 in 1846. Later he was President of the Niagara Falls International Bridge Company, the American company which built the first suspension bridge over the Niagara River

Niagara River

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 together with the Canadian Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge

Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge

The Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge was the world's first working railway suspension bridge. It spanned and stood downstream of Niagara Falls from 1855 to 1897...

 Company headed by William Hamilton Merritt

William Hamilton Merritt

William Hamilton Merritt was an influential figure in the Niagara Peninsula of Upper Canada in early 19th century and one of the fathers of the Welland Canal....

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Clark was buried at the Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery

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 in Brooklyn

Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

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His son Lot C. Clark was District Attorney of Richmond County, New York from 1841 to 1849.

Sources

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 71, 232, 265 and 371; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• Lockport: Historic Jewel of the Erie Canal by Kathleen L. Riley (page 123)
• Niagara: A History of the Falls by Pierre Berton (page 82)
• LOT C. CLARK his son's obit in NYT on February 12, 1880