About
Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1858 to 1881.
Before Fame
He was admitted to the bar in Maine in 1827.
Trivia
His legacy was honored when an elementary school in Portland, Maine, was named after him.
Family Life
He fathered a son named William Henry Clifford, who became a lawyer.
Associated With
He was nominated to the Supreme Court by President James Buchanan.
