Nathan Clifford

Judge 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