| Office1: | South Carolina Senate |
| Term Start1: | 1868 |
| Term End1: | 1877 |
| Birth Date: | 1 March 1834 |
| Birth Place: | Lancaster County, South Carolina |
| Resting Place: | Mt. Carmel A.M.E. Zion Church Cemetery |
| Party: | Republican |
| Branch: | National Guard |
| Rank: | colonel |
| Unit: | Sixth Regiment |
Frederick Albert Clinton (March 1, 1834 - September 21, 1890) was a delegate to the 1868 South Carolina Constitutional Convention, state legislator, trial justice, and militia officer. He represented Lancaster County, South Carolina in the South Carolina Senate from 1868 to 1877.[1] He was a Republican.[2]
Before the American Civil War he was owned by Ervin (or Irvin) Clinton, a lawyer.[3] In November 1870, P. B. Tompkins contested his election.[4]
Isom Caleb Clinton, his older brother, was a bishop who assisted in founding the Mount Carmel A.M.E. Zion Church in Lancaster County.[5] The Lancaster Ledger ran an obituary for him.[6] Frederick Albert Clinton is buried in the graveyard on the church and campground's north side.[7]