| Joseph Newman Clinton | |
| State House: | Florida |
| District: | Alachua County |
| Term Start: | 1881 |
| Term End: | 1883 |
| Birth Date: | 19 November 1854 |
| Birth Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education: | Institute for Colored Youth Lincoln University |
| Party: | Republican |
Joseph Newman Clinton (November 19, 1854[1] – 1927) was a politician and public official in Florida. An African American, he served in the Florida House of Representatives from Alachua County from 1881 to 1883,[2] was a member of the city council in Gainesville from 1883 to 1885, and was a federal official in Pensacola and Tampa.[3]
He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of an African Methodist Episcopal Church bishop.[4] He went to high school at the Institute for Colored Youth and graduated from Lincoln University in 1873.[4] He began his career as a teacher.[2] He married Agnes Stewart of Atlantic City in 1882.[4]
For 14 years he served as internal revenue collector in Tampa.[5] In 1913, Woodrow Wilson removed African Americans in the South from federal offices.[6]