 On May 31, 1841, Clarke was again elected Clerk of the House of Representatives in the 27th United States Congress.Clarke opened the proceedings of the 28th United States Congress on December 4, 1843, but was defeated for re-election by Caleb J. McNulty two days later.Clarke was co-publisher with Peter Force of the latter's "American Archives", a nine volume work of archives which was ultimately sold to the Library of Congress for 100,000 in 1867.