Isaac Clements

Isaac Clements (* March 31, 1837 in Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana, † May 31, 1909 in Danville, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1873 and 1875 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Isaac Clements attended the public schools of his home and thereafter until 1859, the Indiana Asbury College, which later DePauw University in Greencastle. There he also studied law. It is not known whether he has ever worked as a lawyer. Then he moved to Illinois. For some time, Clements worked as a teacher. During the Civil War he served as an officer in an infantry regiment from Illinois, which belonged to the army of the Union. In 1867 he became registrar for bankruptcy cases. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1872 Clements was in the then newly established 18th electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1873. Since he has not been confirmed in 1874, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1875. In 1877, Clements was named one of the Federal Commissioner for the prison system. Between 1890 and 1893 he worked in Chicago for the federal pension authority. Since 1899 he lived in Normal. There he became the head of the orphanage for child soldiers. He died on 31 May 1909 in Danville.