David Clopton, Class of 1840 (A.B.) and 1851 (A.M.)

Clopton, who practiced law in Georgia and then Alabama after graduating from R-MC, was in the U.S House of Representatives in 1861 at the outbreak of the war.  A strong supporter of States' Rights, Clopton  resigned his seat in Congress and joined the 12th AL Infantry. He was appointed quartermaster for the regiment on July 17, 1861. He resigned November 18, 1861 after his election to the Confederate Congress,  where he served from 1862-1864. On July 18, 1865, he took the oath of allegiance and later received his presidential pardon.

After the war, he returned to law and politics in Alabama, serving in the Alabama legislature in 1878.  In 1884, he became a judge in Alabama's Supreme Court, a position he held until his death on February 5, 1892. Clopton is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Montgomery, AL.