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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Earle C. Clements |
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Morganfield, Kentucky , United States |
| Email | None |
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October 22, 1896
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| Died | March 12, 1985
(88 years)
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | CLEMENTS, Earle C, .a Representative and a Senator from Kentucky; born in Morganfield, Union County, Ky., October 22, 1896; attended the public schools and the University of Kentucky at Lexington; during the First World War served in the United States Army, attained the rank of captain; engaged in agricultural pursuits; sheriff of Union County 1922-1925; clerk of Union County 1926-1933; judge of Union County 1934-1941; member, State senate 1942-1944, serving as majority floor leader in 1944; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and Eightieth Congresses and served from January 3, 1945, until his resignation on January 6, 1948, having been elected Governor; elected Governor of Kentucky in 1947 for the term ending December 1951, but resigned in November 1950 having been elected on November 7, 1950, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alben W. Barkley; at the same time was elected for a six-year term and served from November 27, 1950, to January 3, 1957; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1956; Democratic whip 1953-1957; director of the United States Senate Democratic Campaign Committee 1957-1959; highway commissioner of Kentucky 1960; consultant for the American Merchant Marine Institute 1961-1963; consultant to tobacco industry and president of the Tobacco Institute, Inc. 1964-1976; died on March 12, 1985 in Morganfield, Ky.; interment in Morganfield Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery.
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