The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1886-10-08
Landau.

Hon. A. M. Clark, the first demo
crat elected to state Office in Michi'
gan for nearly thirty years. Sketch OF
Mr.. Clark's life: Arthur M. Clark was
born at landau, Grafton county. N
H., in 1884. His father died when he
was but small boy, leaving him to
depend on his own resources for q
livelihood. Young Clark entered the
collegiate institute at Newbury, VT,
in 1850, paying all his expenses there
himself for the following four years,
by teaching winters. In 1854 he came
to Lexington in this county, and ell
gagged in teaching, being the principal
of the Union school there for the next
four years. In 1858 he engaged in the
general merchandising at Lexington
and continued in that business for the
following fifteen years, during which
time he accumulated a nice property.
In 1873 having been elected Grand
Lecturer of Masons in Michigan, he sold
his interest in the mercantile business
to his brother, the late Ira M. Clark,
and held that important position for
the past nine years continuously. He
was then elected Grand Master of
Masons of Michigan and held the posi-
ton for one year. In 1888 he was
nominated by the democratic State
Convention held at Lansing, for regent
of the state university, with Judge
Champlin of the supreme court, and
running on the same ticket with Judge
Sherwood and Regent Willett, green
hackers. Mr.. Clark was elected, as
was the whole state ticket, but Mr..
Clark ran several thousand votes
ahead of his ticket in the State, and
being the first democrat elected to
state Office in Mich, for nearly thirty
years. Mr.. Clark received majority
at that election in every county in this
congressional district, and in this his
own home county, where he has lived
for more than thirty years, his MAORI
ty was upwards of 1900, although
,Saniiac has always been considered
solid republican county. Mr.. Clark is
now engaged in farming and he owns
and operates large farm just without
the corporate limits of the village of
Lexington. Mr.. Clark has always
been a democrat, laboring zealously
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of the party. A year ago he was
again elected grand lecturer of Masons
of Michigan, which position he now
fills. When it is considered that Mich
igan is great state crowded with
large cities and containing thousands
upon thousands of Masons and many
hundred lodges, it must be seen that
Mr.. Clark is possessed of remarkable
ability and popularity to be elected
from country village for eleven years
in succession to the most profitable,
and honorary offices within
the gift of masonry in this State. In
every position he has always done his
whole duty and throughout his many
years of active life not one word has
been whispered against his integrity.
Mr.. Clark will be leading candidate
for congress at the convention at Port
Huron, Sept. 10Th, and if nominated
will sweep the district by all over
majority. Mr.. Clark is an
easy, logical speaker and there is no
man in the district who would do more
stumping than he. Speaking
as an independent paper, having no in
crest in the matter further than the
interest of the people, we say candidly
hat Arthur NJ. Clark, the former can
lidate for congress is the best man the
democrats can possibly put in the field.