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Charles B. Clark
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 6th district
In office March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
Preceded by	Richard W. Guenther
Succeeded by	Lucas Miltiades Miller
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the Winnebago 2nd district
In office January 1, 1885 – January 1, 1887
Preceded by	Peter Vredenburgh
Succeeded by	John Williams Tobey
Mayor of Neenah, Wisconsin
In office 1880–1883
Personal details
Born	(1844-08-24)August 24, 1844 Theresa, New York
Died	September 10, 1891(1891-09-10) (aged 47) Watertown, New York
Cause of death	Bright's disease
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery Neenah, Wisconsin
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Caroline F. Hubbard Clark (1844–1922) (m. 1867–1891, his death)
Children	2 daughters, 1 son
Residence(s)	Neenah, Wisconsin
Profession	Merchant, manufacturing (paper) executive
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army Union Army
Years of service	1862–1865
Rank	1st Lieutenant
Unit	21st Wis. Vol. Infantry
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Charles Benjamin Clark (August 24, 1844 – September 10, 1891) was a U.S. Representative from Wisconsin and one of the founders of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Neenah with John A. Kimberly, Franklyn C. Shattuck, and Havilah Babcock.

Born in Theresa, New York, Clark attended the common schools. He moved to Wisconsin in 1855 with his widowed mother, who settled in Neenah, Wisconsin The Civil War began in 1861 when he was sixteen, and he enlisted in Company I, Twenty-first Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, when it was formed and served with the same unit, rising from private to first sergeant to first lieutenant.

Clark engaged in mercantile pursuits, banking, and the manufacture of paper, notably Clark was a founder of the Kimberly-Clark Corporation in 1872. He served as mayor of Neenah (1880–83), was a member of its city council from 1883 to 1885, and became a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1885.

Clark was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 1887 – March 1891). An unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890, he died of Brights Disease the following September at age 47 at Watertown, New York, while on a visit to his old home. Clark was interred in Wisconsin at Oak Hill Cemetery in Neenah.

ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah, opened in 1909 as Theda Clark Memorial Hospital, was named for his eldest child. Theda Clark Peters (1871–1903) died after childbirth at home at age 32 and the Clark family established the hospital.

References

1. ^ "Founding to the invention of Cellucotton". Kimberly Clark Neenah. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
2. ^ Usher, Ellis Baker (1914). Wisconsin: its story and biography, 1848-1913. Vol. VI. Chicago, New York: Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 1651–1653.

External links

• United States Congress. "Charles B. Clark (id: C000422)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Family letters: A personal selection from Theda Clark's life
• Kimberly-Clark – Timeline
• Paper Industry International Hall of Fame – Charles Clark
• Charles B. Clark at Find a Grave

• 1844 births
• 1891 deaths
• People from Theresa, New York
• Politicians from Neenah, Wisconsin
• People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War
• Mayors of places in Wisconsin
• Wisconsin city council members
• Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
• Union army officers
• Kimberly-Clark
• Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin
• 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
• 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives