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. 1 2 Revolution, Daughters of the American (1926). Lineage Book. The Society.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Oliver Clifton and Family - Mississippi State University Libraries". www.library.msstate.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
  3. 1 2 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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