Benjamin S. W. Clark was an American merchant and politician from New York. He was the first New York State Superintendent of Public Works.
He was born in Franklin County, New York to Samuel Smith Clark and Jane Ann Clark on May 27, 1829. Samuel Smith Clark was Franklin County Clerk from 1832 to 1834. Samuels father was Benjamin Clark who was First Judge of the Franklin County Court from 1825 to 1829. In 1851, Benjamin S. W. Clark married Adaline W. Meigs.
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