Clifton Mathews (February 12, 1880 – September 7, 1962) was a

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of the

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Education and career

Born in

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, Georgia, Matthews

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to enter the bar in 1904. He entered private practice in Farmerville,

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between 1904 and 1912. He was later in private practice in Roswell,

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between 1913 and to 1915, then in Bisbee,

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until 1920, and then in Globe, Arizona until 1933. He was a special assistant to the

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between 1929 and 1931 and then served as the

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for the District of Arizona between 1933 and 1935.

Federal judicial service

Mathews was nominated by President

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on March 13, 1935, to a seat on the

vacated by Judge William Henry Sawtelle. He was confirmed by the

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on March 20, 1935, and received his commission on March 23, 1935. He assumed

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on June 30, 1953. Mathews served in that capacity until his death on September 7, 1962.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mathews, Clifton 1880 births 1962 deaths People from Pike County, Georgia Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit United States court of appeals judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt 20th-century American judges United States federal judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law People from Farmerville, Louisiana