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Newspaper editor and proprietor and prominent Republican. Clarkson co-owned the Iowa State register with his father (Coker F. Clarkson) and brother (Richard). During his tenure as editor-in-chief the paper achieved national prominence as an organ of the Republican Party. Clarkson served as first assistant U.S. Postmaster General and Surveyor of Customs for the Port of New York, chairman of the Republican State Committee of Iowa and the National Executive Committee. In 1887 he organized the National League of Republican Clubs. In the 1904 presidential campaign he worked on behalf of Theodore Roosevelt. A political colleague of William Boyd Allison, he served as a member of the Allison Monument Committee.

From the description of Papers, 1830-1915 (bulk 1877-1915). (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 52036127

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