Nathan Clifford
Personal
Birthday:
8/18/1803
Birthplace:
Rumney, NH
Date of Death:
7/25/1881
Place of Death:
Cornish, ME
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior 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
Education
Name of School:
Read law
Degree Year:
1827 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
James Buchanan
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
01/12/1858
Termination Date:
07/25/1881
Termination Reason:
Death Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
First Circuit, February 15, 1858-May 1, 1881