. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. veral large manufacturing corporations m Iowa. Mr Clarkson has steadily declined nominations for Congress,or any other elective office. He was appointed postmaster ofDes Moines in 1870, but resigned before his term was out. Hehas declined no less than five foreign missions. At PresidentHarrisons personal request, he accepted temporarily the positionS First Assistant Postmaster-General in 1889, resignmg after twentv months service. , , , c Mr. Clarkson is now a resident of New York and has been forfive years the president of the New York and Ne
. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. veral large manufacturing corporations m Iowa. Mr Clarkson has steadily declined nominations for Congress,or any other elective office. He was appointed postmaster ofDes Moines in 1870, but resigned before his term was out. Hehas declined no less than five foreign missions. At PresidentHarrisons personal request, he accepted temporarily the positionS First Assistant Postmaster-General in 1889, resignmg after twentv months service. , , , c Mr. Clarkson is now a resident of New York and has been forfive years the president of the New York and New Jersey BudgeCompany, which is to construct a bridge over the Hudson Riverat West Fifty-ninth Street. Mr. Clarksons wife was Miss Anna Howell, a native of Ohio^They have three sons, two of whom were educated at HarvardColle-e Mr. Clarkson has pubhshed two works m fiction, andis collecting material for a history of the United States west othe Mississippi River. He has also gathered much material fora history of printing and newspapers m Amenca. s.
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