Joseph W. Clift

Joseph W. Clift

Joseph Wales Clift (born September 30, 1837 in North Marshfield , Plymouth County , Massachusetts , †  May 2, 1908 in Rock City Falls , New York ) was an American politician . Between 1868 and 1869 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Joseph Clift attended the common schools and then the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter ( New Hampshire ). He then studied medicine at Harvard University until 1862 . In the following years he was a doctor in the Union Army during the civil war . He remained in the military until 1866, after which he practiced as a doctor in Savannah, Georgia. In this city he was also employed as a registrar .

Politically, Clift was a member of the Republican Party . After the re-admission of the state of Georgia to the Union, he was elected in 1868 as its candidate in the first constituency of Georgia in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on July 25, 1868. By March 3, 1869 he ended the current legislative period there. This time was marked by the discussions about the reconstruction in the former confederate states. Clift also saw himself as the winner of the 1868 regular congressional election . However, he was denied his seat in Congress. So there was a by-election in his district, which the Democrat William W. Paine won.

After serving in the US House of Representatives, Joseph Clift returned to Massachusetts, where he worked as a doctor. Politically, he no longer appeared. He died on May 2, 1908 in Rock City Falls and was buried in North Marshfield.

Web links

• Joseph W. Clift in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Joseph W. Clift in the database of Find a Grave (English)