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David Clopton

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(29 September, 1820 — 5 February, 1892) Clopton was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Putnam County, Ga., Clopton was admitted to the bar in 1841. Clopton was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-sixth Congress and served from March 4th, 1859 to January 21st, 1861 when he withdrew in order to serve as a private in the Confederate Army. Clopton served as a Representative in the First and Second Confederate Congresses, and was appointed judge of the Supreme Court of Alabama in 1884. Clopton served in that role until is death. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774- Present', available at http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp]

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