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John H. Clifford

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Massachusetts Whig governor and attorney general (1809-1876)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1809 to 1876 · aged 66
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John Henry Clifford was an American lawyer and politician from New Bedford, Massachusetts. He served as the state's attorney general for much of the 1850s, retaining the office during administrations dominated by three different political parties.

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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw (portrait by William Morris Hunt) presided over the Parkman-Webster murder case and was a friend of Clifford'sMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw (portrait by William Morris Hunt) presided over the Parkman-Webster murder case and was a friend of Clifford'sFrederick Douglass, daguerreotype c. 1850Frederick Douglass, daguerreotype c. 1850Clifford's house in New BedfordClifford's house in New BedfordClifford's grave marker in the Rural CemeteryClifford's grave marker in the Rural Cemetery

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John Henry Clifford was an American lawyer and politician from New Bedford, Massachusetts. He served as the state's attorney general for much of the 1850s, retaining the office during administrations dominated by three different political parties. A Whig, he was elected the state's 21st governor, serving a single term from 1853 to 1854. He was the first governor of Massachusetts not born in the state.

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United States
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Politician
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deceased
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Lived 1809 to 1876 · aged 66
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