Frederick Albert Clinton (March 1, 1834 - September 21, 1890) was a delegate to the

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, state legislator, trial justice, and militia officer. He represented

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in the

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from 1868 to 1877. He was a Republican.Freedom's Lawmakers by Eric Foner, Louisiana State Yniversity Press (1996) pages 46 and 47 Before the American Civil War he was owned by Ervin (or Irvin) Clinton, a lawyer. In November 1870, P. B. Tompkins contested his election. Isom Caleb Clinton, his older brother, was a bishop who assisted in founding the Mount Carmel A.M.E. Zion Church in Lancaster County. The ''Lancaster Ledger'' ran an obituary for him. Frederick Albert Clinton is buried in the graveyard on the church and campground's north side.South Carolina Green Book

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clinton, Frederick Albert 1834 births 1890 deaths 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American slaves Republican Party South Carolina state senators African-American state legislators in South Carolina African-American politicians during the Reconstruction Era

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