Lawyer/Real Estate
Centurion, 1853–1893
Born 7 January 1817 in Carmel, New York
Died 16 August 1893 in Newport, Rhode Island
Buried Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York
Proposed by Thomas Ward
Elected 3 December 1853 at age thirty-six
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Century Memorial
Smith Clift was a polished gentleman of excellent position, and of refined and studious habit. He practised law in this city for many years, but of late had spent much time in travel and in his country home at Newport, where he lived a life of pleasant and elegant leisure.
Henry E. Howland
1894 Century Association Yearbook