Hon. John Henry CLIFFORD

1809 - 1876  (66 years)

• Name	John Henry CLIFFORD  [1]
  	He was a leading lawyer, and was one of the founders, in 1830, of a prominent firm of practitioners in New Bedford which has since existed by legal succession, and in which three generations of the Clifford family have been represented. It is the present firm of Crapo, Clifford & Prescott. Mr. Clifford was a member of the Legislature, state senator, district attorney, and attorney general, in the latter capacity being engaged in 1850 in the memorable trial of Prof. John W. Webster for the murder of Dr. George Parkman. He served as governor of Massachusetts in 1853, and declining a renomination, again became attorney general and was subsequently president of the State Senate. He was elected by the alumni as an overseer of Harvard College and became president of the board. An earnest patriot during the Civil War and in the work of reconstruction, he was tendered by President Grant the mission to Russia, and afterwards to Turkey, both of which he was obliged to decline. [1]
  Prefix	Hon.
  Birth	16 Jan 1809	Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Son of Benjamin Clifford and Achsah Wade   [1]
  Death	2 Jan 1876	New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I47262	Main Tree
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family	Sarah Parker ALLEN,   b. 1 Mar 1808   d. 29 Apr 1893, New Bedford, Bristol Co., Massachusetts (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	16 Jan 1832  [1]
  Children	1. Charles Warren CLIFFORD,   b. 19 Aug 1844, New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F38713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Sep 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S10118] William M. Emery and William W. Crapo, The Howland Heirs being the Story of a Family and a fortune and the Inheritance of a Trust.