Isaac Clements

Isaac Clements (March 31, 1837 – May 31, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Isaac Clements
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 18th district
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	William Hartzell
Personal details
Born	March 31, 1837 Brookville, Indiana
Died	May 31, 1909 (aged 72) Danville, Illinois
Political party	Republican

Born near Brookville, Indiana, Clements attended the common schools. He was graduated from the Indiana Asbury College (now De Pauw University), Greencastle, Indiana, in 1859. He studied law in Greencastle. He moved to Illinois and taught school. He entered the Union Army in July 1861 and served as second lieutenant of Company G, Ninth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He remained in the service over three years. He was twice promoted. He was appointed register in bankruptcy in June 1867.

Clements was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress. He was appointed a United States penitentiary commissioner in 1877. He was a United States pension agent in Chicago, Illinois, from March 18, 1890, until November 4, 1893. He moved to Normal, Illinois, in 1899. He was the Superintendent of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home in Normal, Illinois. He died in Danville, Illinois, May 31, 1909. He was interred in Home Cemetery.

References

• United States Congress. "Isaac Clements (id: C000507)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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