Home Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture Money Videos
Nathan Clifford
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Clifford, Nathan
Quizzes
Washington Monument. Washington Monument and fireworks, Washington DC. The Monument was built as an obelisk near the west end of the National Mall to commemorate the first U.S. president, General George Washington.
All-American History Quiz
Read Next
Close up of a hand placing a ballot in a ballot box. Election vote voter voting
Have Any U.S. Presidents Decided Not to Run For a Second Term?
Washington, D.C. locator map.
What State Is Washington, D.C. In?
The United States Supreme Court building, Washington, D.C.
14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered
Law, Legislation, Document
What Is an Injunction?
ripped torn flag, pirate, skull
Are There Laws on the High Seas?
Discover
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
Periodical Cicada, Adult, Magicicada spp. Requires 17 years to complete development. Nymph splits its skin, and transforms into an adult. Feeds on sap of tree roots. Northern Illinois Brood. This brood is the largest emergence of cicadas anywhere
Why Do Some Cicadas Appear Only Every 17 Years?
Albert Einstein in Washington, D.C. c. 1921-1923. Physicist
The Solar Eclipse That Made Albert Einstein a Science Celebrity
After a perfect launch, spectators try to catch a last glimpse of Space Shuttle Columbia, barely visible at the top end of the twisted column of smoke.
7 Accidents and Disasters in Spaceflight History
Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson
Vietnam War Timeline
VAN, TURKEY - OCTOBER 25: A building and car ruined during the earthquake of Van-Ercis on October 25, 2011 in Van, Turkey. It is 604 killed and 4152 injured in Van-Ercis Earthquake.
What Is an Aftershock?
Artist interpretation of a Space meteoroid impact. Meteor impact. Asteroid, End of the world, danger, destruction, dinosaur extinct, Judgement Day, Planet Earth, Doomsday Predictions, comet
10 Failed Doomsday Predictions
History & Society

Nathan Clifford

American jurist
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://64.176.36.150/biography/Nathan-Clifford
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://64.176.36.150/biography/Nathan-Clifford
Last Updated: • Article History
Clifford, Nathan
Clifford, Nathan
See all media
Category: History & Society
Born:
Aug. 18, 1803, Rumney, N.H., U.S.
Died:
July 25, 1881, Cornish, Maine (aged 77)
Title / Office:
Supreme Court of the United States (1858-1881), United States
supreme court (1858-1881), United States
House of Representatives (1839-1843), United States
See all related content →

Nathan Clifford (born Aug. 18, 1803, Rumney, N.H., U.S.—died July 25, 1881, Cornish, Maine) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1858–81). Admitted to the bar in 1827, Clifford was elected to the Maine legislature in 1830 and became an eloquent exponent of Jacksonian principles. He served four terms, the last two as speaker. In 1834 he was appointed state attorney general and in 1839 elected to the U.S. Congress. He was named attorney general by Pres. James K. Polk in 1846 and served as his special commissioner to Mexico to arrange the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ...(100 of 230 words)

Access the full article
Help support true facts by becoming a member.