Judson C. Clements

Judson Claudius Clements (born February 12, 1846 in Villanow , Walker County , Georgia , † June 18, 1917 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1881 and 1891 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Judson Clements attended public schools in his home country. At the age of just 18, he joined the Confederate Army in January 1864 during the American Civil War . In July 1864 he was wounded in the fighting for Atlanta . At the end of the war he held the rank of First Lieutenant in the First Regiment of the Georgia State Troops.

After studying law at Cumberland University in Lebanon ( Tennessee ) and being admitted to the bar in 1869, he began working in his new profession in LaFayette . In the years 1871 and 1872 he was in the local Walker County school commissioner .

Politically, Clements was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1872 and 1876 he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives ; from 1877 to 1880 he was a member of the State Senate . In the congressional election of 1880 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the seventh constituency of Georgia, where he succeeded William Harrell Felton on March 4, 1881 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1891 . In 1890, Clements declined to run again. Towards the end of his tenure, he was tasked with acquiring properties that now form the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park .

On March 9, 1892, President Benjamin Harrison nominated him for the vacant seat of Walter L. Bragg in the Interstate Commerce Commission with a term ending December 31, 1894. He was confirmed on March 16 by the US Senate and took office immediately afterwards. In 1894, 1900, 1906 and 1913 he was repeatedly nominated and confirmed. From December 12, 1910 to January 9, 1912 he was the rotating chairman of the authority. He was considered one of the conservatives on the commission and was in favor of strong government control of the railway companies.

He died on June 18, 1917. His successor in the ICC was Robert W. Woolley .

Web links

Judson C. Clements in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Clarence Altha Miller: The lives of the Interstate Commerce Commissioners and the Commission's secretaries. Washington, 1946 ( hathitrust.org [accessed June 27, 2019]).

Individual evidence

↑ 19 Jun 1917, Page 3 - The Courier-Journal at Newspapers.com. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Clements, Judson C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Clements, Judson Claudius (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 12, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH	Villanow , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH	June 18, 1917
Place of death	Washington, DC

[1] 19 Jun 1917, Page 3 - The Courier-Journal at Newspapers.com. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .