Joseph Newman Clinton

Joseph Newman Clinton (November 19, 1854 – 1927) was a politician and public official in Florida. An African American, he served in the Florida House of Representatives from Alachua County from 1881-1883, was a member of the city council in Gainesville from 1883 until 1885, and wasa federal official in Pensacola and Tampa.

He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the son of an A.M.E. church bishop. He graduated from Lincoln University in 1873. He began his career as a teacher.He married Agnes Stewart of Atlantic City in 1882.