About Oliver Clifton
Lived 1847 – 1905 (aged 57–58). Oliver Clifton was an American politician.
Oliver Clifton (c. 1847 - January 2, 1905) was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and three-time mayor of Jackson, Mississippi.
Biography Oliver Clifton was born in about 1847 in Jackson, Mississippi. He first became the mayor of Jackson from 1870 to 1871. He then served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from his election in 1875 to 1878, representing Hinds County. He married Marion Yerger in 1877.
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American politician
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Oliver Clifton was born in 1847 in Jackson.
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Oliver Clifton died on 2 January 1905.
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Oliver Clifton was a politician.
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