Oliver Clifton

Oliver Clifton
Clifton in 1876
Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi
In office
1870–1871
In office
1895–1897
In office
1905 – January 2, 1905
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Hinds County district
In office
1875-1878
Personal details
Bornc. 1847
Jackson, Mississippi
DiedJanuary 2, 1905(1905-01-02) (aged 57–58)

Oliver Clifton (c. 1847 - January 2, 1905) was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and three-time mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.

Biography

Oliver Clifton was born in about 1847 in Jackson, Mississippi.[1][2] He first became the mayor of Jackson from 1870 to 1871.[2][3] He then served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from his election in 1875 to 1878, representing Hinds County.[2][4] He married Marion Yerger in 1877.[2][1] He was appointed Clerk of the Mississippi Supreme Court in 1878, a position in which he served until 1894.[2] He then was the mayor from 1895 to 1897.[2][3] He was elected for a third term in 1904, but died of pneumonia on January 2, 1905, immediately before or after his installation.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b Revolution, Daughters of the American (1926). Lineage Book. The Society.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Oliver Clifton and Family - Mississippi State University Libraries". www.library.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  3. ^ a b Hubbard, Linda S. (1988). Notable Americans: What They Did, from 1620 to the Present. Gale Research Company. ISBN 978-0-8103-2534-0.
  4. ^ History, Mississippi Department of Archives and (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 220.
  5. ^ Proceedings of the Annual Conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of the State of Mississippi. The Freemasons. 1908.
  6. ^ Powell, W. F. (1944). Jackson's Early History and 28 Years of Municipal Progress. Tucker Printing House.


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