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| office = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]]<br />
| term_start = December 22, 1922<br />
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'''Adam C. Cliffe''' (June 25, 1869 – June 12, 1928) was a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]].<br />
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==Education and career==<br />
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Born in [[Sycamore, Illinois|Sycamore]], [[Illinois]], Cliffe received a [[Bachelor of Laws]] from [[Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law]], then [[read law]] to enter the bar in 1897. He was in private practice of law in Sycamore from 1897 to 1920, and was also a member of the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] and the [[Illinois Senate]]. From January 3, 1917, he was President of the Illinois Senate. From 1920 to 1923 he was a Circuit Judge of the 16th Judicial Circuit of Illinois.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|458|nid=1379246|name=Adam C. Cliffe<!--(1869–1928)-->}}</ref><br />
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==Federal judicial service==<br />
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Cliffe was nominated by President [[Warren G. Harding]] on December 20, 1922, to the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]], to a new seat authorized by 42 Stat. 837. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on December 22, 1922, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on June 12, 1928, due to his death.<ref name="auto"/><br />
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