The Biographical Dictionary of America/Clark, Lewis Whitehouse

CLARK, Lewis Whitehouse, jurist, was born in Barnstead, N.H., Aug. 19, 1838; son of Jeremiah and Hannah (Whitehouse) Clark; and grandson of Jonathan and Sarah (Priest) Clark. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1850; was a teacher in Pittsfield academy, 1850–52; was admitted to the bar in 1852; was a representative in the New Hampshire legislature, 1856–57; attorney-general of the state, 1873–76, justice of the supreme court of the state, 1877–98, and chief justice from June 1 to August 19, 1898, when he retired, having attained the age of seventy years. He was married Dec. 29. 1853, to Helen, daughter of William and Betsy (Drake) Knowlton. The Rev. John Lew Clark was their son. Judge Clark died at Manchester, N.H., May 28, 1900.