David Clopton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Clopton (September 29, 1820 – February 5, 1892) was a prominent Alabama politician.
Clopton was born in Putnam County, Georgia, and moved to Alabama in 1844. He graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1840 and was admitted to the bar in 1841.
Clopton represented Alabama's 3rd district in the United States House of Representatives from 1859 to 1861. He then served in the Confederate States Army and the represented Alabama in the First Confederate Congress and the Second Confederate Congress.
After the war, he served in the Alabama state legislature in 1878 and as an associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1884 to his death.
[edit] References
- David Clopton at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Political graveyard
- Congressional bio
 |
This article about an Alabama politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
|
This article about the American Civil War is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories: Alabama politician stubs | American Civil War stubs | 1820 births | 1892 deaths | Members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama | Members of the Confederate House of Representatives | People from Georgia (U.S. state) | Supreme Court of Alabama justices | Confederate Army soldiers | People of Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War
