Billy James Clark (January 4, 1778 in

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– September 20, 1866) was an American physician and politician from

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Life

He was the son of Ithamar Clark and Sarah (Simonds) Clark. He grew up in

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. Later he removed to

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, and practiced medicine there. In 1808, he organized the first temperance society of the United States. He was a member of the

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(Saratoga Co.) in

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. In 1833, he removed to

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, and opened a drugstore there with

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. He was a

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, voting for

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and

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Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 196, 265, and 331; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''Glens Falls: People and Places''
by Bob Bayle, Lillian Casola, Stan Malecki & Gwen Palmer ("Images of America" series; Arcadia Publishing, 2008; pg. 61)

by H. P. Smith, transcription at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Billy J 1778 births 1866 deaths Members of the New York State Assembly Politicians from Glens Falls, New York People from Saratoga County, New York Politicians from Northampton, Massachusetts People from Pownal, Vermont 19th-century American physicians Physicians from New York (state) New York (state) Whigs 1848 United States presidential electors 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature