Orville Clark

Orville Clark (June 29, 1801 – March 19, 1862) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

He was born on June 29, 1801, in Mount Holly, Rutland County, Vermont.

He graduated from the American Literary, Scientific and Military Academy at Norwich, Vermont.

In 1828, he removed to Sandy Hill, New York, and practiced law there.

He was President of the Des Moines Navigation and Railroad Company, and died of "congestion of the lungs" while on a business trip in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 19, 1862.