Martin Linn Clardy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri
In office
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1889
Preceded byAnthony F. Ittner
Succeeded byWilliam M. Kinsey
Constituency1st district (1879–1883)
10th district (1883–1889)
Personal details
Born(1844-04-26)April 26, 1844
Farmington, Missouri, USA
DiedJuly 5, 1914(1914-07-05) (aged 70)
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionPolitician, Lawyer, Railroad Executive
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States
Branch/service Confederate States Army
Rank Major
Unit Clardy's Cavalry Battalion[1]
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Martin Linn Clardy (April 26, 1844 – July 5, 1914) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer and railroad executive from Missouri. Between 1879 and 1889, he served five consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Biography

Born near Farmington, Missouri, Clardy attended Saint Louis University and the University of Mississippi and graduated from the University of Virginia. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army until the close of the war where he rose to the rank of major. Afterwards, he studied law and was admitted to the bar, commencing practice in Farmington, Missouri.

Congress

Clardy was elected a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1878, serving from 1879 to 1889, being unsuccessful for reelection in 1888. There, he served as chairman of the Committee on Mines and Mining from 1885 to 1887 and of the Committee on Commerce from 1887 to 1889 and was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1884.

Later career

Afterward, Clardy resumed practicing law in Farmington, Missouri, moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1894 and was appointed general attorney of the Missouri Pacific Railway and the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway the same year. He was elected vice president and general solicitor of the companies in 1909 which he served as until his death.

Death and burial

Clarify died St. Louis on July 5, 1914. Clardy was interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis. He is also potentially related to Robert Walter Morgan Clardy.

  • United States Congress. "Martin L. Clardy (id: C000417)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-02-13
  • "Martin L. Clardy". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

References

  1. ↑ McGhee, James (2011). Guide to Missouri Confederate Units, 1861-1865. University of Arkansas Press. p. 144.


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