Earle C. Clements

Earle Chester Clements was an American farmer and politician. He represented the state 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. For three decades, he was the leader of a faction of the states Democratic Party that stood in opposition to the faction led by twotime governor and senator A. B. Happy Chandler.

Earle C. Clements was born in Morganfield, Kentucky on October 22, 1896. He was the youngest of two sons and four daughters born to Aaron Waller and Sallie Anna Clements. His father was a popular county judge and sheriff in Union County, but Clements at first shunned a political career. He obtained his early education in the public schools, and graduated from Morganfield High School in 1915. Later in 1915, he enrolled at the University of Kentuckys College of Agriculture. In 1915 and 1916, he played center on the football team, and was named to the AllSouthern Team in 1916. He was also a member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

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