11 Facts About Sidney Clarke

Sidney Clarke was a US Representative from Kansas, a Kansas state speaker of the house, and an Oklahoma territorial legislator.

Sidney Clarke was a part of the Oklahoma statehood movement.

Sidney Clarke was publisher of the Southbridge Press in 1854, and settled in Lawrence, Kansas, in 1859.

Sidney Clarke served as captain and assistant provost marshal general for Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Dakota.

Sidney Clarke was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses.

Sidney Clarke served as chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Sidney Clarke was an unsuccessful candidate in 1870 for reelection to the Forty-second Congress.

Sidney Clarke served in the Kansas state house of representatives in 1879 as an independent and was elected speaker.

Sidney Clarke moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1889 and engaged in railroad building.

Sidney Clarke served as chairman of the statehood executive committee in 1891, and as member of the Territorial council from 1898 to 1902.

Sidney Clarke died in Oklahoma City, and was interred in Fairlawn Cemetery.