| Last name | Clarkson |
| First name | Matthew |
| Display name | General Matthew Clarkson |
| Birth date | 1758 |
| Death date | 1825 |
| Gender | m |
| Affiliations | United States Government |
| Bio notes | Seved in the Revolutionary War and afterwards commissioned brigadier general of militia of Kings and Queens Counties in June 1786 and Major General of the Southern District of New York in March 1798. State Senator 1794-1795, a member of the commission to build a new prison 1796-1797 and President of the New York (City) Hospital (1799). In 1802, |