Charles Nelson Clark

Charles Nelson Clark (August 21, 1827 – October 4, 1902) was an American politician. A Republican, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri.

Biography Clark was born on August 21, 1827, in Cortland County, New York. He studied at Hamilton College, and moved to Illinois in 1859. During the American Civil War, he raised Company G of 3rd Illinois Cavalry Regiment, of the Union army, on August 6, 1861. He fought in the front lines, under Eugene Asa Carr, and was left disabled while fighting. He achieved the rank of first lieutenant, serving until March 16, 1863. In April 1865, he moved to Hannibal, Missouri. Between 1872 and 1874, he built levees for Sny Island, which in total reclaimed over 100,000 acres of land from the American Bottom floodplain. He served from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1897, representing Missouri's 1st district; and an obituary described him as having a "fair record" in Congress.

After serving in Congress, Clark became a farmer. He was married. He died on October 4, 1902, aged 75, in Hannibal, from illness. His body was transported to Ohio, and he was buried at Wauseon Union Cemetery.