Julius Laurens Clarke (November 13, 1828 – November 22, 1907) was an American newspaper publisher and politician who served as Massachusetts Auditor, and as Massachusetts' Insurance Commissioner.
Clarke was born in Chatham, Connecticut, in an area that became Portland, Connecticut.
In 1845 Clarke started the first daily newspaper in Worcester, Massachusetts. The Worcester Transcript was started on the June 9, 1845.
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