David Clarkson (March 27, 1795 – June 3, 1867) was an American banker who was president of the New York Stock Exchange from 1837 to 1851.
Senator John Rutherfurd), he had one half-sister, Mary Rutherfurd Clarkson, who married her cousin Peter Augustus Jay (the eldest son of Chief Justice John Jay).
[2] His paternal grandparents were David Clarkson (a direct descendant of the English born Puritan clergyman, the Rev.
[2] Clarkson served as president of the New York Stock Exchange from 1837 until 1851 when he was succeeded by his vice president, Henry G. Stebbins (later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st district).
[7] Together, they were the parents of eleven children, including:[2] Clarkson died on June 3, 1867.