Robert W. Clifford

Robert W. Clifford
Associate Justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
In office
August 1, 1986  August 31, 2009
Appointed byJoseph E. Brennan
Preceded byElmer H. Violette
Succeeded byJoseph Jabar
Chief Justice of the Maine Superior Court
In office
1984  August 1, 1986
Justice of the Maine Superior Court
In office
June 8, 1979  1984
Appointed byJoseph E. Brennan
Member of the Maine Senate
from the 13th district
In office
January 3, 1973  January 5, 1977
Preceded byWilliam H. Clifford Jr.
Succeeded byThomas M. Mangan
Mayor of Lewiston
In office
January 1971  January 1973
Preceded byJohn B. Beliveau
Succeeded byJohn C. Orestis
Member of the Lewiston Board of Aldermen
In office
January 1968  January 1970
President: 1969
Personal details
Born
Robert William Clifford

(1937-05-02) May 2, 1937
Lewiston, Maine, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseClementina
Children2
EducationBowdoin College (AB)
Boston College (JD)
University of Virginia (LLM)
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1962-1964
RankCaptain
UnitU.S. Seventh Army

Robert William Clifford (born May 2, 1937) is an American politician, lawyer and retired associate justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. He was appointed to this position on August 1, 1986 by then-governor Joseph Brennan. He was reappointed to seven-year terms in 1993, 2000, and 2007. He retired in 2009.