James Clarke, sometimes spelled Clark, was born on March 14, 1782 and worked as an iron producer at the Washington Furnace. Clarke was a member of the five man
Greensburg Committee and signed the
Greensburg Resolution the first formal call for
Andrew Jackson to run for president, alongside
John H. Wise,
Frederick A. Wise,
Jacob M. Wise, and
David Marchand. In 1824 he was appointed to the
Pennsylvania Canal Commission by the state house. Clarke had two unsuccessful bids for
United States Congress for the
17th district first in
1826 and again in
1832. Clarke died on October 1, 1867 in
Blairsville, Indiana. ==References==