Clifford Anderson
Born: March 23, 1833
Birthplace: Nottoway County, Virginia
Father: Hezekiah R. Anderson 1794 – 1843
Mother: Martha M. Robertson 1797 – 1837
Wife: Anne LeConte 1836 – 1922
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)
Married: March 13, 1856 in Macon, Georgia
Children:
Clifford LeConte Anderson 1862 – 1933
(Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
James LeConte Anderson 1864 – 1922
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)
Louis Joseph Anderson 1866 – 1904
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)
Annie Anderson McKay 1870 – 1956
(Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)
Robert Lanier Anderson 1871 – 1959
(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)
Laura Boykin Anderson Duke 1876 – 1912
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
Custis N. Anderson 1876 – 1932
(Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Georgia)
Political Party: Constitutional Union Party and Democratic Party
Religion: Presbyterian
Education:
Studied law under Attorney Robert S. Lanier
Occupation before War:
Orphaned at the age of twelve years old.
Worker for his brother’s law office in Macon, Georgia.
1852: Admitted to the bar in Macon, Georgia.
Law Partner of Robert S. Lanier for over forty years.
1856 – 1858: Judge for the City of Macon, Georgia
1859: Georgia State Representative
1860: Supporter of John Bell’s Unsuccessful Presidential Campaign.
1860: Opposed Secession after Lincoln’s election as President.
1860: Observed the Course of South Carolina toward secession.
1860: Signed Statement with prominent Macon citizens asking the immediate secession of Georgia.
Civil War Career:
1861: Private, Company C, 2nd Georgia Battalion
1861 – 1862: Lt. Company C, 2nd Georgia Battalion
1862: Lt. and Acting Ordnance Officer, Colonel E. D. Hall’s Brigade.
1863: Lt. and Acting Assistant Adjutant and Inspector General on Brig. General Ambrose R. Wright’s Staff.
1863: Resigned from the Confederate Army after election to congress.
1864 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from Georgia
1864 – 1865: Member of House Ways and Means Committee
1864 – 1865: Seldom participated in debate in Congress.
1864 – 1865: Supporter of bills dealing with inequalities in tax and impressment laws.
1864 – 1865: Supporter of efforts to fill army’s thinning ranks.
1864 – 1865: Accepted President Davis’s dictates regarding army organization and diplomacy.
1864 – 1865: Refused to extend the powers of central Government beyond those set by the First Congress.
1864 – 1865: Openly repudiated the tactics of Governor Joseph Brown.
1865: Opposed Peace negotiations and voted to arm the slaves.
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Macon, Georgia
1876: Chairman of Georgia State Democratic Executive Committee
1880 – 1890: Georgia State Attorney General
1890 – 1893: One of the first Law Professors at Mercer University when it moved to Macon, Georgia.
1893 – 1895: Member of Georgia Committee to Codify state laws.
Died: December 19, 1899
Place of Death: Macon, Georgia
Age at time of Death: 66 years old
Burial Place: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia
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