Clifford Anderson Explained

Clifford Anderson
Birth Date:23 March 1833
Birth Place:Nottoway County, Virginia, US
Death Place:Macon, Georgia, US
Occupation:Jurist, politician
Children:2
Signature:Signature of Clifford Anderson.png
Office1:Attorney General of Georgia
Term Start1:1880
Term End1:1890
Office2:Member of the Confederate House of Representatives
Term Start2:1864
Term End2:1865
Office3:Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
Term3:1859

Clifford Anderson (March 23, 1833  - December 19, 1899) was a Georgia politician, active in the politics of the state of Georgia and the Confederate States of America.

Biography

Anderson was born in Nottoway County, Virginia. He read law and was admitted to the bar in 1852, forming a partnership with Robert S. Lanier.[1] [2]

He married Anne LeConte in 1857, and they had two children.[1] [2]

He served as a state court Judge in Georgia from 1856 to 1858, and in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1859.[1] He served in the Confederate States Army and represented Georgia in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865. After the war, he served as Georgia's Attorney General from 1880 to 1890.[3] From 1877 to 1885, Anderson was Chairman of the Mercer University School of Law faculty.

He died at his home in Macon on December 19, 1899.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography . III . James T. White & Company . 191 . 1893 . 2020-08-25 . Google Books.
  2. News: Judge Anderson Dies in Macon . . Macon, Georgia . 1 . 1899-12-20 . 2020-08-25 . Newspapers.com.
  3. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/anderson2.html The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Anderson, C to D