. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. everal large manufacturing corporations in 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 dechned no less than five foreign missions. At PresidentHarrisons personal request, he accepted temporarily the positionof First Assistant Postmaster-General in 1889, resigning aftertwenty months service. Mr. Clarkson is now a resident of New York, and has been forfive years the president of the New York and New Je
. New York state's prominent and progressive men;. everal large manufacturing corporations in 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 dechned no less than five foreign missions. At PresidentHarrisons personal request, he accepted temporarily the positionof First Assistant Postmaster-General in 1889, resigning aftertwenty months service. Mr. Clarkson is now a resident of New York, and has been forfive years the president of the New York and New Jersey BridgeCompany, which is to construct a bridge over the Hudson Riverat West Fifty-ninth Street. Mr. Clarksons wife was Miss Anna Howell, a native of have three sons, two of whom were educated at HarvardCollege. Mr. Clarkson has pubhshed two works in fiction, andis collecting material for a history of the United States west ofthe Mississippi River. He has also gathered much material fora history of printing and newspapers in
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