title: Henry Selby Clark
text: Henry Selby Clark (September 9, 1809 – January 8, 1869) was a Congressional Representative from North Carolina; born near Leechville, North Carolina, September 9, 1809; attended the common schools, and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1828; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Washington, North Carolina; member of the State house of commons 1834–1836; solicitor for the district in 1842; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847); moved to Greenville, North Carolina, and resumed the practice of law; died in Greenville, N.C., January 8, 1869; interment at his country home near Leechville.
  
  See also 
   Twenty-ninth United States Congress
  
  External links 
   U.S. Congressional Biographical Directory
  
  Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
  1809 births
  1869 deaths
  Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina
  19th-century American politicians
  People from Washington, North Carolina
  People from Greenville, North Carolina
  People from Beaufort County, North Carolina