Staley Nichols Clarke (May 24, 1794 – October 14, 1860) was a

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from

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, brother of Archibald Smith Clarke. Born in

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, Clarke moved to

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, in 1815. He was employed as a clerk in the Bank of Niagara. He served as clerk in the office of the Holland Land Co.,

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, from 1819 to January 1822, when he was transferred as their agent for the county of Cattaraugus to

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. Elected Treasurer of Cattaraugus County in 1824 and served until 1841. Clarke was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1842. He died in

, October 14, 1860. He was interred in Jefferson Street Cemetery, but then reinterred at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo. His brother

Archibald S. Clarke Archibald Smith Clarke (1788December 4, 1821) was a U.S. Representative from New York, brother of Staley Nichols Clarke. Born on a plantation in Prince George's County, Maryland, Clarke attended grammar and high schools. He studied law, was a ...

also served as a Congressman from New York.

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1794 births 1860 deaths Politicians from Prince George's County, Maryland People from Ellicottville, New York Politicians from Cattaraugus County, New York Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state) 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{NewYork-Representative-stub