Clifton Mathews (February 12, 1880 – September 7, 1962) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Born in Concord, Georgia, Matthews read law to enter the bar in 1904.
He entered private practice in Farmerville, Louisiana between 1904 and 1912.
[1] Mathews was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 13, 1935, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Judge William Henry Sawtelle.
Mathews served in that capacity until his death on September 7, 1962.