Nathan Clifford

Biography of Nathan Clifford

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Clifford
• First Name: Nathan
• Date of Birth: August , 18 , 1803
• Place of Birth (POB): Rumney , New Hampshire (US-NH, NH, 33, N.H)
• Date of Death: July , 25 , 1881
• Place of Death (POD): Cornish , Maine (US-ME, ME, 23, Maine, Me.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Nathan Clifford Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: James Buchanan ( Democratic )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/09/1857
• Seat vacated by: Curtis , Benjamin R.
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/10/1857
• Committee action: Reported Without Recommendation
• Committee action date: 01/06/1859
• Senate voice vote?: No
• Senate vote Yes/No: 26/23
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 01/12/1858
• Commission Date: 01/12/1858
• Date of Termination: 07/25/1881
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Nathan Clifford in the Law School

• Name of School: Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1827

Nathan Clifford Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Newfield, Maine, 1827-1830, 1843-1846
• State representative, Maine, 1830-1834; speaker, 1832-1834
• Attorney general, State of Maine, 1834-1838
• U.S. representative from Maine, 1839-1843
• Attorney General of the United States, 1846-1848
• Minister to Mexico, U.S. Department of State, 1848-1849
• Private practice, Portland, Maine, 1849-1857
  

  Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• First Circuit, February 15, 1858-May 1, 1881

Resources

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