John Clifford (Maine)

John David Clifford, Jr. (1887-1956) was the eighth federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Maine. He joined the court in 1947 after an appointment from Harry Truman. At the time of appointment, Clifford was a United States Attorney for the District of Maine. He served on the court until his death on November 18, 1956.^[1]

Early life and education

Clifford graduated from Bowdoin College in 1910 with an A.B. and Georgetown University Law School with a B.L. in 1913.^[1]

Professional career

Clifford began his career as a private practice attorney in Lewiston, Maine from 1914 to 1947. He spent two years during that time, from 1915 to 1917, in the Maine State Legislature. Prior to becoming a judge on the Maine federal district court, Clifford was the United States Attorney for the District of Maine from 1933 to 1947.^[1]

Judicial Career

District of Maine

Clifford was nominated to the court by Harry Truman on January 10, 1947 to fill the seat vacated by John Andrew Peters and served on the court until his death on November 18, 1956. The U.S. Senate confirmed him on March 14, 1947, and he was commissioned on March 24, 1947. Clifford was succeeded by Edward Gignoux.^[1]

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Maine

External links

• List of all judges who have served on the U.S. District court for the District of Maine.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the District of Maine
Active judges	Chief Judge: Lance Walker   •  Nancy Torresen  •  Stacey Neumann
Senior judges	Jon Levy  •  George Singal  •  D. Brock Hornby  •  John Woodcock  •
Magistrate judges	John Nivison  •
Former Article III judges	Gene Carter  •  David Sewall  •  Albion Keith Parris  •  Ashur Ware  •  Edward Fox  •  Nathan Webb  •  Clarence Hale  •  John Andrew Peters (Maine)  •  John Clifford (Maine)  •  Edward Gignoux  •  George Mitchell (Maine)  •  Conrad Cyr  •  Morton Brody  •
Former Chief judges	Jon Levy  •  George Singal  •  D. Brock Hornby  •  John Woodcock  •  Gene Carter  •  Edward Gignoux  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Harry Truman
1945	Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice
1946	Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger
1947	Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason
1948	Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm
1949	Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright
1950	Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley
1951	Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl
1952	Cole • Friedman • Williams •