Charles B. Clark

Charles B. Clark

American politician

Charles Benjamin Clark (August 24, 1844 – September 10, 1891) was a U.S. representative from Wisconsin and one of the founders of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Neenah with John A. Kimberly, Franklyn C. Shattuck, and Havilah Babcock.2

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Born Aug 24, 1844, died Sep 10, 1891.1

Companies

Early life and education

Born in Theresa, New York, Clark attended the common schools. He moved to Wisconsin in 1855 with his widowed mother, who settled in Neenah, Wisconsin. The American Civil War began in 1861 when he was sixteen, and he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-first Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, when it was formed and served with the same unit, rising from private to first sergeant to first lieutenant. After the war, he was elected as a companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

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Career

Occupation: politician.5

  • Date not recordedFounded Kimberly-Clark3
  • Date not recordedMember of the Wisconsin State Assembly4
  • Date not recordedUnited States representative4

Clark engaged in mercantile pursuits, banking, and the manufacture of paper, notably Clark was a founder of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation in 1872. He served as mayor of Neenah (1880–83), was a member of its city council from 1883 to 1885, and became a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1885.

Clark was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 1887 – March 1891).

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Personal life

  • BornAug 24, 1844, Theresa6
  • DiedSep 10, 1891, Watertown7
  • CitizenshipUnited States8

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