John Jones Clarke

For other people named John Clarke, see John Clarke (disambiguation).

John Jones Clarke
1st Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts
In office 1846–1846
Preceded by	Board of Selectmen
Succeeded by	Henry A. S. Dearborn
Member of the Massachusetts Senate[1]
In office 1853–1853
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[1]
In office 1836–1837
Personal details
Born	(1803-02-24)February 24, 1803 Norton, Massachusetts
Died	November 5, 1887(1887-11-05) (aged 84)[2] Boston, Massachusetts[2]
Nationality	American
Spouse	Rebecca Cordis Haswell[3]
Children	Mary L. Clarke (Hanson), Haswell C. Clarke
Alma mater	Norton, Framingham and Phillips Andover[3] Academies, Harvard College.
Profession	Attorney[1]

John Jones Clarke (February 24, 1803 – November 25, 1887) was an American politician, who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature and as the first Mayor[4] of Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1846.[3]

References

• A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 327.
• History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904 By Walter Eliot Thwing (1908).
• The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880. Justin Winsor (1881).

Notes

1. Hurd, Duane Hamilton Hurd (1884), History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: with biographical sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume I, Philadelphia, PA: J. Lewis & CO., p. 20
2. A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown 1847-1873 and of The Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822 also of Various Other Town and Municipal officers, Boston, MA: City of Boston Printing Department, 1909, p. 327 Printed by Order of the City Council
3. Thwing, Walter Eliot (1908), History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904, Boston, MA: W.A. Butterfield, p. 316
4. Winsor, Justin (1881), The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880 Vol. III, Boston, MA: Ticknor and Company, p. 578

Political offices
Preceded by Board of Selectmen	Mayors of Roxbury, Massachusetts 1846	Succeeded by Henry A. S. Dearborn