Marian W. Clarke

She was the second woman elected to Congress from New York, after Ruth Baker Pratt.

Marian Williams Clarke
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 34th district
In office December 28, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Preceded by	John D. Clarke
Succeeded by	Bert Lord
Personal details
Born	(1880-07-29)July 29, 1880 Standing Stone, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	April 8, 1953(1953-04-08) (aged 72) Cooperstown, New York, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	John D. Clarke
Alma mater	University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Colorado College

Clarke was born in Standing Stone, Pennsylvania. She attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln art school for a year, before she graduated from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1902. She was elected to Congress in 1933 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband John Davenport Clarke who had died in a car crash on November 5, 1933. She served from December 28, 1933, until January 3, 1935, withdrawing her nomination for reelection prior to the primary of 1934. She died in Cooperstown, New York. She is interred at the Locust Hill Cemetery in Hobart, NY.

• Women in the United States House of Representatives