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Thomas J. Clarke (Alabama politician)

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Alabama state legislator

Thomas J. Clarke was a farmer, state legislator and constable in Alabama.

Clarke was born in South Carolina 1842/3. In August 1872, he was nominated to run for the house as a Radical Republican. He represented Barbour County, Alabama in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1872 to 1874. In 1885 and 1886, he served as a constable in Lincoln, Alabama (Talladega County).

His election victory was contested, but a House committee determined he and others were legitimately elected. He and other Alabama state legislators protested the election of George Goldthwaite as U.S. senator. In 1874, he was serving as Barbour County tax assessor.

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References

  1. ^ Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner Louisiana State University Press 1996 page 46
  2. "New Item: The Radicals of Barbour". The Henry County Register. 9 August 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 20 July 2024. [REDACTED]
  3. Ragland, P. (1873). Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Alabama Session 1872-'73. Mongtomgery: Arthur Bingham, State Printer. p. 96.
  4. "Forty-Second Congress. First Session". The Congressional Globe. 1871-03-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  5. Reports of Committees of The House of Representatives for the Second Session of the Forty-Third Congress 1874-'75. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1875. p. 1244.
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