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Charles Bailey Clarke

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Charles B. Clarke Mayor of Portland art from the 1918 book, Mother Goose Comes to Portland

Charles Bailey Clarke (October 3, 1875 – January 27, 1944) was a Portland, Maine politician. Clarke married Ellen A. Cate in 1901. Clarke was born in Bangor, Maine. From 1918 to 1921, Clarke was the Mayor of Portland, Maine.[1] Clarke sought Maine's 1st congressional district in 1921 but lost in the Republican primary to Carroll L. Beedy by 19 votes.[2] He died at the Maine General Hospital, aged 68, in 1944.[3]

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  1. ^ Political Graveyard
  2. ^ Parkhurst Wins in Maine The New York Times, June 22, 1921
  3. ^ "The Living Church". 1944.