Clifton Mathews (February 12, 1880 – September 7, 1962) was a lawyer and a United States federal judge.Born in Concord, Georgia, Matthews read law to enter the bar in 1904; he was in private practice in Farmerville, Louisiana between 1904 and 1912. He was later in private practice in Roswell, New Mexico between 1913 and to 1915, then in Bisbee, Arizona until 1920, and then in Globe, Arizona until 1933.