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Earle Chester Clements (October 22, 1896 – March 12, 1985) was a Kentucky politician. He represented the Commonwealth of Kentucky in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate and was its 47th Governor, serving from 1947 to 1950, after serving in the state Senate.
Earle C. Clements of Kentucky served only seven years in the Senate, from 1950 to 1957, but his tenure was marked by a quick rise to leadership and the ability to assume legislative responsibility during a time of crisis.
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On November 27, 1950, Clements resigned from the governorship, to take his seat in the U.S. Senate, a position he held until 1957. From 1957 to 1959, he served as the director of the U.S. Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, and in 1960, he became Kentucky’s highway commissioner.
Earle C. Clements (1896--1985), born in Morganfield, was a United States congressman (1944--1947), governor of Kentucky (1947--1950), and a United States senator (1950--1956). He served as the Senate Democratic whip in 1953 and as acting majority leader in 1955.
Biography. 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 ...
Clements was elected to the Kentucky State Senate in 1942 and became leader of the Democratic majority of the Senate in 1944. In November, 1944, Clements was elected United States Representative from the Second Congressional District of Kentucky. He was re-elected in 1946.
