Newton Nash Clements (December 23, 1837 – February 20, 1900) was a Colonel in the Confederate States Army and U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Biography

Born in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama to Hardy Clements and Maria Pegues Clements, Clements was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1858. During his time at the University, he became the first pledge member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Clements entered Harvard University in 1859 and studied law but never practiced. During the Civil War, Clements entered the Confederate States Army as a captain in the 26th Alabama Infantry Regiment, later redesignated as the

50th Alabama Infantry Regiment The 50th Alabama Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was originally named 26th Alabama (Coltart's), but was renamed 50th Alabama on June 6, 1863. It is not to be c ...

. He was successively promoted to the ranks of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel. He served as member of the

Alabama House of Representatives The Alabama State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency contai ...

from 1870–1872 and 1874–1878, serving as speaker in the years, 1876, 1877, and 1878. Clements was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Burwell B. Lewis and served from December 8, 1880 to March 3, 1881. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination in 1880. Clements was re-elected to the Alabama House in 1886, 1888, and 1890, and was again named speaker until 1896. Clements was largely interested in planting and cotton manufactures. He died in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, February 20, 1900. Clements was interred at Evergreen Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clements, Newton Nash 1837 births 1900 deaths University of Alabama alumni Harvard Law School alumni Democratic Party members of the Alabama House of Representatives Confederate States Army officers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama 19th-century American legislators