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Clifton Clagett

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Preceded by
  
William Hale

Citizenship
  
US

Resigned
  
March 3, 1805

Succeeded by
  

Preceded by
  
New Seat

Parents
  
Wyseman Clagett

Succeeded by
  
Name
  
Clifton Clagett

Resting place
  
Born
  
December 3, 1762Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S. (
1762-12-03
)

Spouse(s)
  
Margaret McQueston Clagett

Role
  
Former United States Representative

Died
  
January 25, 1829, Amherst, New Hampshire, United States

Political party
  

Previous office
  
Representative 1803–1805

Clifton Clagett (December 3, 1762 – January 25, 1829) was an American lawyer and politician from New Hampshire. He served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, the United States House of Representatives and as a New Hampshire Supreme Court justice.

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Early life

Clagett was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the son of Wyseman Clagett and Lettice (Mitchell) Clagettt. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Litchfield, New Hampshire in 1787.

Political career

Elected as a Federalist candidate to the Eighth Congress, Clagett served as a United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805. He was appointed a justice of the peace and quorum in 1808. In addition, he was appointed judge of probate for Hillsborough County, New Hampshire in 1810 and served until his resignation in 1812, having been appointed to another judicial position.

Clagett moved to Amherst, New Hampshire in 1812, and was appointed a judge of the New Hampshire Supreme Court in that year. He also served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1816. Elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the Sixteenth Congress, Clagett served as a United States Representative from (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821). After leaving Congress, he was appointed judge of probate on August 5, 1823, and held the office until his death.

Death

Clagett died in Amherst on January 25, 1829 (age 66 years, 53 days). He is interred at Meadow View Cemetery in Amherst, New Hampshire.

Family life

Married to Margaret McQueston, on November 19, 1834, Clagett had eleven children, Wyseman, William, Elizabeth, Margaretta, Cornelia Clifton, Susan, Frances G., Emma C., Harriet, Frances, and Lucretia.

References

Clifton Clagett Wikipedia


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