| 词条 | John Clark (Georgia governor) |
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| name = John Clark | image = John Clark.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = February 28, 1766 | birth_place = | death_date = October 12, 1832 (aged 66) | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma mater= | employer = | occupation = Planter, politician | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = Edward Clark (nephew) | box_width = }} John Clark (sometimes spelled Clarke) (February 28, 1766{{spaced ndash}}October 12, 1832) was an American planter and politician. Early lifeClark was born in 1766 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Along with his father, Elijah Clarke, Clark fought in the American Revolutionary War at the Battle of Kettle Creek and served in the Georgia militia. He moved to Wilkes County, Georgia, in the early 1770s. He became a major general in 1796. Political careerClark served in the Georgia House of Representatives prior to being elected to consecutive two-year terms as the 31st Governor, from 1819 to 1823. During his term, he successfully defended states' rights in a US Supreme Court, Ex parte Madrazzo, over a Spanish citizen who claimed that he owned some of Clark's slaves. Personal lifeClark resided at Woodville, a plantation in Milledgeville, Georgia.[1] He was married to Nancy Clark. Death and legacyClark died of yellow fever in St. Andrews Bay (Florida) in 1832 in what was then Washington County (now Bay County) and was buried in that same city; however, his grave was relocated to Marietta National Cemetery in Georgia in 1923 by the Daughters of the American Revolution. Clarkesville, Georgia [2] and Clarke County, Alabama are named after him.[3]References1. ^{{cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Westover, or Clark-Bentley House|url=http://focus.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=a146db5d-e366-4c93-bc03-2160106b1290|website=National Park Service|accessdate=January 7, 2016}} 2. ^{{cite web |title=Clarkesville |url=https://www.exploregeorgia.org/city/clarkesville |website=Explore Georgia |accessdate=28 November 2018}} 3. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.clarkemuseum.com/html/clarke_county.html |title=Clarke County: A Brief History |accessdate=3 January 2009 |publisher=Clarke County Historical Museum}} Sources
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