Civil War Governors of Kentucky · Civil War Governors of Kentucky

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Twelfth governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, attorney and judge. Virginia native. Married to Susan Forsythe Clark. Father of James Clark, Sarah Ann Clark, and Susan Clark. Member of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky from 1813 to 1816 and from 1825 to 1831. Speaker of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1832. Governor of Kentucky from 1836 to 1839.

Details

Sex: Male
Race: White

Bibliography

Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, Vol. 1 (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1888), 628.

Find A Grave, "James Clark (1779-1839)," Memorial #19299462, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19299462 (accessed May 5, 2020).

Citation

Clark, James. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210993 (November 12, 2026).

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Correspondence
Robert Payne to Thomas E. Bramlette
1863-12-07

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