Background
Mathews, Clifton was born on February 12, 1880 in Concord, Georgia, United States. Son of James Fleming and Mary Elizabeth (Madden) Mathews.
Mathews, Clifton was born on February 12, 1880 in Concord, Georgia, United States. Son of James Fleming and Mary Elizabeth (Madden) Mathews.
Student Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee, 1902-1903. Doctor of Laws, University Arizona, 1951.
Born in Concord, Georgia, Matthews read law to enter the bar in 1904. He was in private practice in Farmerville, Louisiana between 1904 and 1912. He was later in private practice in Roswell, New Mexico between 1913 and to 1915, then in Bisbee, Arizona until 1920, and then in Globe, Arizona until 1933.
He was a Special assistant to State Attorney General of Arizona between 1929 and 1931 and then the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona between 1933 and 1935.
Mathews was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mathews was nominated by President Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt on March 13, 1935, to a seat vacated by William Henry Sawtelle.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 20, 1935, and received his commission on March 23, 1935. He assumed senior status on June 30, 1953.
Mathews served in that capacity until his death.
Member of the Colorado River Commission of Arizona in 1929. Member State Board Bar Examiners, 1929-1933.
Married Virginia Preaus, March 22, 1905. Children: Isabel (Mistress Robert A. Robinson), Olive.