Clendenen, David – Clifford, John Henry
Clendenen, David
congressman.
He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1814 to 1815 to fill a vacancy; and again from 1815 to 1817.
Clendening, James H
lawyer, was born March 17, 1834, in Ogdensburg, N. Y.
He graduated from the Columbia law college and has attained prominence as an able lawyer of Fort Smith, Ark.
He was postmaster of his city for eight years; and for eight years president of the Fort Smith chamber of commerce; and in 1893 he served as a national commissioner to the World's Fair. He served with distinction during the civil war; enlisted from Iowa in 1862, and mustered out as lieutenant-colonel in 1865.
Clendening, John
engineer, railroad manager, was born July 15, 1854, in Philadelphia, Pa. Since 1870 he has been in the railway service; and has filled numerous important positions. He is now roadmaster of the Southern Pacific company at San Francisco, Cal.; and also takes an active part in the public affairs of his city, county and state.
Clephane, James O
lawyer, inventor, was born Feb. 21, 1842, in Washington, D. C. In 1892 he was elected vicepresident of the Linotype Reporting and Printing company, and he devoted a large amount of capital and enterprise toward the development of the graphophone.
Cleveland, Aaron
clergyman, author, was born Feb. 3, 1744, in Haddam, Conn. He was a poet who late in life became a congregational minister. He was the great-grandfather of President Cleveland. He was the author of The Philosopher and Boy, and Slavery Considered, both productions in verse. died Sept. 21, 1815.
He
Cleveland, Benjamin
soldier, jurist, was born March 26, 1738, in Virginia. He served in the revolutionary war, and attained the rank of captain. At the close of the war he settled in Tugalo Valley, and was judge in old Pendleton county for many years. He died October, 1806, in Tugalo Valley, S. C.
Cleveland, Charles Dexter
educator, author, was born Dec. 3, 1802, in Salem, Mass. He was an educator of Philadelphia, who published Compendiums of English, American, and Classical Literature; English Literature of the Nineteenth Century; and critical edition of Milton, with notes and life. He died Aug. 18, 1869, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Cleveland, Chauncey Fitch
was born Feb. 16, 1799, in Hampton, Conn.
He was in the Connecticut legislature for ten terms, 1826-1848; and was twice elected speaker. He was appointed attorney for the state in 1832; was governor of Connecticut in 1842-43, and representative in congress from 1849 to 1853. He died June 6, 1887, in Hampton, Conn.
Cleveland, Cynthia Eloise
lawyer, lecturer, was born Aug. 13, 1845, in Canton, N. Y. She received her education in the public schools, and at the Medina academy. She has been eminently successful as a lawyer, lecturer and writer; was vice-president of the Woman's National Temperance union, and director of the American Author's guild.
She lectured in 1884 on the public platform in behalf of Grover Cleveland. She is the only woman ever appointed to classified service from civil service register upon the law examination. She now is auditing money order accounts in Washington, D. C. She is the author of a political novel entitled See Saw, or Civil Service in the Departments; and Is It Fate? a
Cleveland, Grover
twenty-second president of the United States, was born March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, N. J. In 1855 he entered law office in Buffalo as clerk, at four dollars a week, and was admitted to the bar in 1859. He was assistant district attorney of Erie county for three years, beginning January 1, 1863. In 1865 he was a candidate for district attorney, and was beaten. He was elected sheriff of Erie county in 1870 for three years. He was elected mayor of Buffalo in 1881 for the term beginning Jan. 1, 1882. In November, 1882, he was elected governor of New York by 192,854 plurality over Charles J. Folger, and took the oath of office Jan. 1, 1883. July 8, 1884, the democratic national convention met at Chicago. The rules required a twothirds vote to nominate. On the first ballot Grover Cleveland received 392 votes; Thomas F. Bayard, Delaware, 170; Allen G. Thurman, Ohio, 88; Samuel J.
Randall, Pennsylvania, 78; Joseph Mc- Donald, Indiana, 56; John G. Carlisle, Kentucky, 27; Roswell P. Flower, New York, 4; George Hoadly, Ohio, 3; Samuel J. Tilden, New York, 1, and Thomas A.
Hendricks, Indiana, 1 vote. The second vote stood: Cleveland, 683; Bayard, vote stood: 812; Hendricks, 4512; Thurman, 4; Randall, 4, and McDonald, 2. Cleveland's nomination made unanimous by Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, who was then nominated for vice-president by acclamation. The election in November was very close, the popular vote being 4,911,017 for Cleveland and 4,848,334 for Blaine, giving Cleveland 62,683 plurality. In the state of New York the Cleveland electors carried the state by 1,047 plurality, giving him the 36 electoral votes of that state and a majority of 37 in the electoral college. He resigned as governor of New York Jan. 6, and was inaugurated President March 4, 1885. The democratic national convention met at St.
Louis June 5, 1888, and unanimously renominated Cleveland for president. Allen G. Thurman was nominated for vicepresident. They were beaten at the November election. Grover Cleveland was again elected to the presidency of the United States and served during 1893-97. was
Cleveland, Henry Russell
author, was born in 1809. He was the author of The Classical Education of Boys; and Life of Henry Hudson. He died June 12, 1843, in St. Louis, Mo.
Cleveland, Horace William Shaler
author, was born Dec. 16, 1814, in Lancaster, Mass. He is a noted landscape gardener of Minneapolis; and the author of Hints to Riflemen; Landscape Architecture; and Voyages of a Merchant Navigator.
Cleveland, Jesse
merchant, patriarch, was born in February, 1785, in Spartanburg, S. C. He settled in Spartanburg in 1810; opened the second store in that place, and was its leading merchant for forty-one years. He became the patriarch of the county, and the founder of the largest, wealthiest and most influential families of northern South Carolina. He died Dec. 3, 1851, in Spartanburg, S. C.
Cleveland, Orestes
merchant, congressman, was born March 2, 1829, in Duanesburg, N. Y. He was in the city councils of Jersey City in 1861-62; president of the board of aldermen one year; was mayor of the city in 1864, 1865 and 1866; and rendered the union cause some financial help in 1864. He was elected a representative from New Jersey to the forty-first congress, serving on the committees on territories and manufactures.
Cleveland, Richard Jeffrey
author, was born in 1773 in Massachusetts. He was the author of Voyages and Commercial Enterprises; and Voyages of a Merchant Navigator of the Days that are Past. He died in 1860.
Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth
author, poet, was born in 1846 in Fayetteville, N. Y.; and is the daughter of the Rev. Richard Cleveland, a noted presbyterian clergyman. She received her education at the Houghton seminary. She was the mistress of the White House during the first administration of her brother, ex-President Grover Cleveland. She is the author of a number of essays, poems and novels, the principal of which are George Eliot's Poetry and Other Studies; and The Long Run, a novel.
Clevenger, Shobal Vail
sculptor, was born Oct. 23, 1812, in Middletown, Ohio. Specimens of his work are now preserved in the art-galleries of the Boston athenæum, the New York and Philadelphia Historical societies, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. His bust of Daniel Webster, recognized as the most faithful likeness of the great statesman, was selected by the postoffice department as best adapted for representation on the fifteen-cent United States postage-stamp. He died Sept. 23, 1843, in Chicago, Ill.
Clevenger, Shobal Vail
physician, author, was born March 24, 1843, in Florence, Italy. He is a physician of Chicago, and son of the noted sculptor of the same name. He is the author of Treatise on Government Surveying; Comparative Physiology and Psychology; and Lectures on Artistic Anatomy and Sciences Useful to the Artist.
Clever, Charles P
lawyer, congressman, author, was born Feb. 23, 1830, in Germany. He filled the offices in New Mexico of United States marshal, attorney-general, adjutant-general, as well as several others; and was elected a delegate from New Mexico to the fortieth congress.
In 1868 he published a small work on the Resources of New Mexico.
Clews, Henry
financier, author, was born Aug. 14, 1840, in England. In 1859 he became a member of Livermore, Clews and Company, bankers; and became the largest negotiator of railroad loans in America or Europe. He is the author of a work entitled Twenty-Eight Years in Wall Street.
Clifford, Branch Greenleaf
educator, clergyman, college president, was born Dec. 1, 1843, in Haverhill, N. H.
He received a thorough education, and has had the degrees of A. B., A. M., and Ph. D. conferred upon him. He has attained eminence as a clergyman of the presbyterian church, and is the president and proprietor of the Clifford seminary of Union, S. C.
Clifford, John Henry
lawyer, state legislator, governor, was born Jan. 16, 1809, in Providence, R. I. He was a member of the legislature in 1835; and attorney-general of Massachusetts from 1849 to 1853, and from 1854 to 1858. He was governor of the state in 1853-54; and president of the state senate in 1862. He died Jan. 2, 1876, in New Bedford, Mass.