U. W. Clemon

U. W. Clemon
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
In office
1999–2006
Preceded bySam C. Pointer Jr.
Succeeded bySharon Lovelace Blackburn
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
In office
June 30, 1980 – January 31, 2009
Appointed byJimmy Carter
Preceded bySeat established by 92 Stat. 1629
Succeeded byAbdul Kallon
Member of the Alabama Senate
from the 15th district
In office
November 6, 1974 – June 30, 1980
Succeeded byEarl Hilliard Sr.
Personal details
Born
Uriah W. Clemon[1]

(1943-04-09) April 9, 1943 (age 81)
Fairfield, Alabama, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Education

Uriah W. Clemon (born April 9, 1943) is an Alabama attorney in private practice and a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. He was among the first ten African-American lawyers admitted to the Alabama bar. In 1974 he was one of the first two African Americans elected to the Alabama Senate since Reconstruction.

  1. ^ Times, Birmingham (February 16, 2023). "The Life Story of Judge U.W. Clemon's Comes to 16th Street Baptist Church". The Birmingham Times. Retrieved May 3, 2024.