John Clark (Georgia governor)

John Clark (sometimes spelled Clarke) (February 28, 1766 – October 12, 1832) was an American planter and politician.

Early life

John Clark was born on February 28, 1766 in Edgecombe County, North Carolina. Along with his father, Elijah Clarke, Clark fought in the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Kettle Creek. He moved to Wilkes County, Georgia in the early 1770s.

John Clark's gravestone at the Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta, Georgia

Clark served in the Georgia House of Representatives prior to being elected to consecutive two-year terms as the 31st Governor from 1819 to 1824. Clark also served in the Georgia Militia during the American Revolution and achieved the rank of Major General in 1796. While governor of Georgia he was involved in the U.S. Supreme Court case known as Ex parte Madrazzo.

Clark resided at Woodville, a Southern plantation in Milledgeville, Georgia]].^[1]

Clark died of yellow fever in St. Andrews Bay (Florida) in what was then Washington County (currently Bay County) and was buried in that same city; however, his grave was relocated to Marietta National Cemetery^[2] in Georgia in 1923 by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Political offices
Preceded by Matthew Talbot	Governor of Georgia 1819–1824	Succeeded by George Troup

Governors of Georgia

Council Presidents (1775–76)	Ewen Walton Ewen

Presidents (1776–77)	Bulloch Gwinnett

Governors (since 1777)	Treutlen Houstoun Glascock Cuthbert Wereat Walton Howly Wells Heard Davies Brownson Martin Hall Houstoun Elbert Telfair Mathews Handley Walton Telfair Mathews Irwin Jackson Emanuel Tattnall Milledge Irwin Mitchell Early Mitchell Rabun Talbot Clark Troup Forsyth Gilmer Lumpkin Schley Gilmer McDonald Crawford Towns Cobb H. Johnson J. E. Brown J. Johnson Jenkins Ruger Bullock Conley J. Smith Colquitt Stephens Boynton McDaniel Gordon Northen Atkinson Candler Terrell H. Smith J. M. Brown H. Smith Slaton J.M. Brown Slaton N. Harris Dorsey Hardwick Walker Hardman Russell E. Talmadge Rivers E. Talmadge Arnall Thompson H. Talmadge Griffin Vandiver Sanders Maddox Carter Busbee J. F. Harris Miller Barnes Perdue Deal

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 9046158 LCCN: n92108774

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