| Office: | Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi |
| Termstart: | 1870 |
| Termend: | 1871 |
| Termstart1: | 1895 |
| Termend1: | 1897 |
| Termstart2: | 1905 |
| Termend2: | January 2, 1905 |
| Birth Date: | c. 1847 |
| Birth Place: | Jackson, Mississippi |
| District3: | Hinds County |
| State House3: | Mississippi |
| Term3: | 1875-1878 |
Oliver Clifton (c. 1847 - January 2, 1905) was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and three-time mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.
Oliver Clifton was born in about 1847 in Jackson, Mississippi.[1] [2] He first became the mayor of Jackson from 1870 to 1871.[3] He then served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from his election in 1875 to 1878, representing Hinds County.[4] He married Marion Yerger in 1877. He was appointed Clerk of the Mississippi Supreme Court in 1878, a position in which he served until 1894. He then was the mayor from 1895 to 1897. 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]