Isaac Clements
{{Short description|American politician (1837–1909)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Isaac Clements
|image = Isaac Clements (Illinois Congressman).jpg
|caption = From 1900's History of Illinois Republicanism. The "NH" insignia stands for "National Home" and was taken during Clements' governorship of the National Home for Disabled Veteran Soldiers.
|state = Illinois
|district = {{ushr|Illinois|18|18th}}
|term_start = March 4, 1873
|term_end = March 3, 1875
|predecessor = District created
|successor = William Hartzell
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1837|3|31}}
|birth_place = Franklin County, Indiana
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1909|5|31|1837|3|31}}
|death_place = Danville, Illinois
|spouse = {{Marriage|Josie Nutt|November 1864}}
|party = Republican
|signature = Signature of Isaac Clements (1837–1909).png
}}
Isaac Clements (March 31, 1837 – May 31, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born near Brookville, Indiana, Clements attended the common schools.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofillinoi00raum/page/406/mode/1up |title=History of Illinois Republicanism |first=Green B. |last=Raum |publisher=Rollins Publishing Company |place=Chicago |pages=406–408 |date=1900 |access-date=2023-04-02 |via=Internet Archive}} 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.
He married Josie Nutt, the daughter of Indiana University president Cyrus Nutt, in November 1864.
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, to serve as superintendent of the Soldiers' Orphans' Home. He subsequently received appointment as governor of the National Home for Disabled Veteran Soldiers in Danville, Illinois. He died there on May 31, 1909, and was interred in the Home's cemetery.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122127336/isaac-clements-dead/ |title=Isaac Clements Dead |newspaper=The Daily Advocate |publication-place=Belleville, Illinois |page=1 |date=1909-06-03 |access-date=2023-04-02 |via=Newspapers.com}} On September 22, 1922, his remains were moved to Spring Hill Cemetery in Danville.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/americanmilitary0000holt/page/91/mode/1up |title=American Military Cemeteries |first=Dean W. |last=Holt |publisher=McFarland & Company |page=91 |isbn=0899506666 |date=1992 |access-date=2023-04-02 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
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Category:DePauw University alumni
Category:People from Franklin County, Indiana
Category:Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives