John David Clifford, Jr.

For other persons named John Clifford, see John Clifford (disambiguation).

John D. Clifford, Jr. (May 15, 1887—November 18, 1956) was the eighth United States District Judge for the District of Maine, serving from 1933 to 1947. He was appointed District Judge by President Truman on January 10, 1947 to a seat vacated by John A. Peters. He held that office until his death in 1956.

Judge Clifford practiced law in Lewiston, Maine from 1914 until 1947. He had been active in the Democratic Party prior to his federal appointments and was a member of the Maine State Legislature from 1915 to 1916.

He received degrees from Bowdoin College in 1910 and Georgetown Law School in 1913. On July 14, 1915, he married Lucile E. Smith of Lansing, Michigan.

Judge Clifford's nephew, Robert W. Clifford, son-in-law, Thomas E. Delahanty, and grandson, Thomas E. Delahanty II, are or have been judges in Maine.^[1]