James S. Clarkson
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". James Sullivan Clarkson (May 17, 1842 – May 30, 1918) was a delegate to each Republican National Convention from 1876 to 1896; a member of the Republican National Committee from 1880 to 1896; chairman of the Committee from 1891 to 1892, and President of the Republican League of the United States from 1891 to 1893. He was born in Brookville, Indiana but raised a native of Polk County, Iowa. He married Anna Howell, and together they had three children.[1]
He served as postmaster of Des Moines from 1871 to 1877, and was twice offered an ambassadorship (to Switzerland in 1869, and to China in 1890), but declined both.[2]
On April 18, 1902, he was appointed by Theodore Roosevelt as surveyor of the Port of New York.[3][4] He served until 1910, and was succeeded by Nelson H. Henry.[5]
He died at the home of his son Grosvenor in Newark,[6] New Jersey with his wife by his side. Clarkson was buried in the family mausoleum in Des Moines, Iowa.[7]
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- ↑ Clarkson, James Sullivan
- ↑ CLARKE, James S., in Who's Who in America (1901-1902 edition); via archive.org
- ↑ James S. Clarkson and Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1904: a Study in Contrasting Political Traditions in Contrasting Political Traditions
- ↑ A Biographical Directory of the United States Customs Service, 1771-1989
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- ↑ Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 173, 1 June 1918
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