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词条 Clifton Clagett
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  1. Early life

  2. Political career

  3. Death

  4. Family life

  5. References

  6. External links

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| state = New Hampshire
| district = At-large
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| term_end = March 3, 1821
| preceded = William Hale
| succeeded = Matthew Harvey
| state2 = New Hampshire
| district2 = At-large
| term_start2 = March 4, 1803
| term_end2 = March 3, 1805
| preceded2 = New Seat
| succeeded2 = Caleb Ellis
| office3 = Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
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| death_place = {{nowrap|Amherst, New Hampshire, U.S.}}
| resting_place = Meadow View Cemetery
Amherst, New Hampshire
| citizenship = US
| parents = Wyseman Clagett
Lettice (Mitchell) Clagettt
| spouse = Margaret McQueston Clagett
| children = Elizabeth Clagett Greeley
Margaretta Clagett Carlton
Cornelia Clifton Clagett
Susan Clagett
Frances G. Clagett
Emma C. Clagett
Lucretia Clagett Lawrence
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Democratic-Republican
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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.

Early life

Clagett was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the son of Wyseman Clagett and Lettice (Mitchell) Clagettt.[1] He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Litchfield, New Hampshire in 1787.

[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

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).[5] After leaving Congress, he was appointed judge of probate on August 5, 1823, and held the office until his death.[6]

Death

Clagett died in Amherst on January 25, 1829 (age 66 years, 53 days).[7] 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.[8]

References

1. ^{{cite book|last=Farmer|first=John|title=An historical sketch of Amherst, New Hampshire, etc|year=1837|publisher=John Farmr|page=28|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylJZAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA28 }}
2. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.nh.searchroots.com/documents/Hillsborough/History_Litchfield_NH.txt|title= Litchfield History|publisher=NH Search Roots|accessdate= February 27, 2014}}
3. ^{{cite book|last=Brown|first=John Howard|title=Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States: Chubb-Erich|year=1900|publisher=James H. Lamb Company|page=10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kydAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA10 }}
4. ^{{cite book|last=Bell|first=Clark|title=The Medico-legal Journal, Volume 18|year=1900|publisher=Medico-Legal Journal Association|page=116|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uxgCAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA116 }}
5. ^{{cite book|last=Farmer|first=John|title=An historical sketch of Amherst, New Hampshire, etc|publisher=John FARMER (Secretary of the New Hampshire Historical Society.) 1837|page=28|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylJZAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA28 }}
6. ^{{cite book|last=Farmer|first=John|title=An historical sketch of Amherst, New Hampshire, etc|year=1837|publisher=John Farmr|page=28|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ylJZAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA28 }}
7. ^{{cite book|last=Bell|first=Charles Henry|title=The bench and bar of New Hampshire: including biographical notices of deceased judges of the highest court, and lawyers of the province and state, and a list of names of those now living|year=1893|publisher=Houghton, Mifflin and company|page=71|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lAE9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA71 }}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Clifton Clagett|url=http://www.nh.searchroots.com/HillsboroughCo/Merrimack/mcquesten.html|publisher=History and Genealogy of Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire|accessdate=27 February 2014}}

External links

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