A. J. Clements Explained

Andrew Jackson Clements
District:4th
State:Tennessee
Term Start:March 4, 1861
Term End:March 3, 1863
Predecessor:William B. Stokes
Successor:Edmund Cooper
Office2:Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
Term2:1866–67
Party:Unionist
Birth Date:December 23, 1832
Birth Place:Clementsville, Tennessee, U.S.
Death Place:Glasgow, Kentucky, U.S.
Spouse:Nancy Jones ClementsMatilda Harlan Clements
Children:Mollie ClementsCarlos Clements

Carolyn Clements

Fred Clements

Alma Mater:Burritt College
Profession:physicianpolitician

Andrew Jackson Clements (December 23, 1832 – November 7, 1913) was a surgeon and an American politician as a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee.

Biography

Clements was born in Clementsville, Tennessee, in Clay County, son of Christopher Clements and Polly Fraim and grandson of John Clemans (Revolutionary War Veteran) and Eilzabeth Eagle. He attended a private school and Burritt College at Spencer, Tennessee, studied medicine, and commenced practice in Lafayette, Tennessee. His first wife, Nancy Jones Clements died in 1858 and he later married Matilda Harlan by whom he had four children: Mollie, Carlos, Carolyn, and Fred.

Career

During the Civil War, Clements was a surgeon with the First Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Volunteer Infantry (Union).

Elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress, Clements served from March 4, 1861, to March 3, 1863.[1] He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1866 and 1867. He resumed the practice of his profession and established a school on his estate for the people of that section of the Cumberland highlands.[2]

Death

Clements died of pneumonia, in Central State Hospital (a mental hospital where he was confined due to senility), Lakeland, Jefferson County, Kentucky, on November 7, 1913 (age 80 years, 319 days). He is interred at Glasgow Municipal Cemetery, Glasgow, Kentucky.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andrew Jackson Clements. Govtrack US Congress. 4 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Andrew Jackson Clements. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. 4 April 2013.
  3. Web site: Andrew Jackson Clements. The Political Graveyard. 4 April 2013.