Judson Claudius Clements
| Judson Claudius Clements | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 7th district |
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In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1891 |
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| Preceded by | William Harrell Felton |
| Succeeded by | Robert William Everett |
| 4th Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission | |
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In office December 12, 1910 – January 9, 1912 |
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| Preceded by | Martin Augustine Knapp |
| Succeeded by | Charles Azro Prouty |
| Commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission | |
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In office March 17, 1892 – June 18, 1917 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Lawrence Bragg |
| Succeeded by | Robert Wickliffe Woolley |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 12, 1846 Villanow, Georgia |
| Died | June 18, 1917 (aged 71) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Bettie Wardlaw (m. 1874; her death 1875) Lizzie Eleanor Dulaney (m. 1886; his death 1917) |
| Parents | Adam Clements Mary Wilson Hill Parks |
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| Allegiance |
 United States of America Confederate States of America
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| Service/branch |
 Confederate States Army
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| Years of service | 1864–1865 |
| Rank |
 First Lieutenant
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| Unit |
 First Regiment, Georgia State Troops, Stovall's Brigade |
| Battles/wars |
American Civil War *Battle of Atlanta |
Judson Claudius Clements (February 12, 1846 – June 18, 1917) was a U.S. Representative from Georgia. For a quarter century a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission, Clements served one year as its chairman. Clements had served as a soldier in the Confederate States Army.
Judson Clements was the son of Dr. Adam Clements and Mary Wilson Hill Parks, who were both natives of Georgia. Born near Villanow, Georgia, Clements attended the local schools, concluding his childhood schooling when he left an academy near Villanow to join the Confederate States Army in January 1864, while still aged seventeen. His father, Adam C. Clements, had been a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1853 to 1854 and from 1861 to 1862, under the Confederacy. Judson Clements served in the Confederate Army during the remainder of the Civil War as a private and first lieutenant in the First Regiment, Georgia State Troops, Stovall's brigade. He was wounded at Atlanta, July 22, 1864. Clements married Bettie Wardlaw, but she died after only a year, and he remained a widower for many years.
Clements studied law at Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, and graduated from that school in 1868. He was admitted to the bar in 1869 and commenced practice in La Fayette, Georgia, remaining in practice there until 1887. Clements was elected as school commissioner of Walker County in 1871 and 1872. He served as member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1872 to 1876, then in the Georgia State Senate for the 44th Senatorial District from 1877 to 1880. While in the Georgia General Assembly, he helped write that state's railroad laws.
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