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John Henry Clifford was born on January 16, 1809 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. He was the son of Benjamin and Achsah (Wade) Clifford.
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John Henry Clifford was born on January 16, 1809 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. He was the son of Benjamin and Achsah (Wade) Clifford.
Clifford graduated in 1827 from Brown University. He studied law with Timothy G. Coffin of New Bedford, Massachusetts. In 1830 he was admitted to the bar of Bristol County.
Clifford became an attorney in New Bedford, with which city he was closely identified during the remainder of his career and in which he built up an extensive practise. In 1835 he made his entry into politics, being chosen as a representative to the General Court, and consequently made the acquaintance of Governor Edward Everett. In 1839 Everett appointed him district attorney for southern Massachusetts, an office which he held for ten years. Governor Braggs named him in 1849 as attorney-general of the Commonwealth.
In 1853 Clifford ran for governor on the Whig ticket, and, although he did not receive a majority of the popular vote, he was afterward elected by the legislature and served one term. Declining a renomination, he was reappointed by Governor Emory Washburn as attorney-general and continued in that office until 1858. In 1862, when he was elected to the state Senate, he was at once made president of that body. He retired in 1867 from his profession and became president of the Boston & Providence Railroad, a position which he retained until his death. It was under his administration that a new terminal was erected in Boston. Clifford declined appointments from President Grant as minister to Turkey and minister to Russia, but consented to be a member of the United States Commission on the Fisheries under the Arbitration Treaty with Great Britain.
He was an Overseer of Harvard College, 1854-1859 and 1865-1868, and president of the Board of Overseers, 1869-1874. As governor, he officiated at the induction of President Walker in 1853, and, as president of the Board of Overseers, at the inauguration of President Eliot in 1869, giving an address on each occasion. He was a trustee of the Peabody Education Fund and an intimate friend of its founder, George Peabody. His long experience in public affairs eventually broke his health. A trip to Florida in 1873 and another to Europe in 1875 brought him relief, but on Thanksgiving Day 1875, he had a sudden attack of heart trouble, and died in New Bedford in 1876.
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Clifford was a member of the Whig Party. During the Civil War he vigorously supported Lincoln’s policies.
Clifford was married on January 16, 1832, to Sarah Parker Allen, daughter of William Howland Allen of New Bedford, and a lineal descendant of Myles Standish.