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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Joseph Bryan Clemmons, Sr.
|birth_date=c. 1907
|birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]
|death_place=Natchez, [[Mississippi]]
|death_date=July 5, 1976
|spouse=Catherine P. Clemmons
|children=Joseph Clemmons, Jr.
|office=[[Sheriff]] of East Baton Rouge Parish, [[Louisiana]]
|term_start=1948
|term_end=1972
|succeeded=J. Al Amiss
|party=Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|alma_mater=[[Tulane University]]<br>
FBI National Academy
|occupaton=Law enforcement officer
}}
'''Joseph Bryan Clemmons, Sr. (c. 1907 – July 5, 1976), was a law enforcement officer who was the [[sheriff]] of East Baton Rouge Parish, [[Louisiana]] from 1948 to 1972.
After graduation from [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]] and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] National Academy in Quantico, [[Virginia]], Clemmons attended other law enforcement training schools and in 1935 became a city police officer in his native capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. Two years later he was named special investigator for the office of the district attorney. He was one of the first sheriffs in the United States to institute a junior deputy sheriffs league. He was instrumental in the creation of the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Enforcement Training Institute. On vacating the sheriff's office, he was succeeded by his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], J. Al Amiss (pronounced AIM ISS). Clemmons served as president of the Louisiana Peace Officers Association and was a member of the national and state sheriffs associations as well as the FBI National Academy Association.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site20.php|title=Clemmons, Joseph Bryan|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|date=1988|accessdate=September 24, 2017}}</ref>
Clemmons served on boards to aid the mentally and physically handicapped, including crippled children and adults. He was affiliated with the Masonic lodge, Shriners, Lions International, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Order of DeMolay. He died while on a business trip in Natchez, [[Mississippi]],<ref name=bio/> and was survived by his wife, Catherine P. Clemmons (1911-1993)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Clemmons&GSfn=Catherine&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=61714359&df=all&|title=Catherine Clemmons|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 24, 2017}}</ref>and one son, J. Bryan Clemmons, Jr. (born September 1935), of Chauvin in Terrebonne Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=403035|title=Joseph Clemmons, September 1935|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=September 24, 2017}}</ref> Clemmons is interred at Roselawn Memorial Park in Baton Rouge.<ref>''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'', July 6, 1976.</ref>
==References==
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|name=Joseph Bryan Clemmons, Sr.
|birth_date=c. 1907
|birth_place=[[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]
|death_place=Natchez, [[Mississippi]]
|death_date=July 5, 1976
|spouse=Catherine P. Clemmons
|children=Joseph Clemmons, Jr.
|office=[[Sheriff]] of East Baton Rouge Parish, [[Louisiana]]
|term_start=1948
|term_end=1972
|succeeded=J. Al Amiss
|party=Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|alma_mater=[[Tulane University]]<br>
FBI National Academy
|occupaton=Law enforcement officer
}}
'''Joseph Bryan Clemmons, Sr. (c. 1907 – July 5, 1976), was a law enforcement officer who was the [[sheriff]] of East Baton Rouge Parish, [[Louisiana]] from 1948 to 1972.
After graduation from [[Tulane University]] in [[New Orleans]] and the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] National Academy in Quantico, [[Virginia]], Clemmons attended other law enforcement training schools and in 1935 became a city police officer in his native capital city of [[Baton Rouge]]. Two years later he was named special investigator for the office of the district attorney. He was one of the first sheriffs in the United States to institute a junior deputy sheriffs league. He was instrumental in the creation of the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Enforcement Training Institute. On vacating the sheriff's office, he was succeeded by his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], J. Al Amiss (pronounced AIM ISS). Clemmons served as president of the Louisiana Peace Officers Association and was a member of the national and state sheriffs associations as well as the FBI National Academy Association.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site20.php|title=Clemmons, Joseph Bryan|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|date=1988|accessdate=September 24, 2017}}</ref>
Clemmons served on boards to aid the mentally and physically handicapped, including crippled children and adults. He was affiliated with the Masonic lodge, Shriners, Lions International, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Order of DeMolay. He died while on a business trip in Natchez, [[Mississippi]],<ref name=bio/> and was survived by his wife, Catherine P. Clemmons (1911-1993)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Clemmons&GSfn=Catherine&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=61714359&df=all&|title=Catherine Clemmons|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 24, 2017}}</ref>and one son, J. Bryan Clemmons, Jr. (born September 1935), of Chauvin in Terrebonne Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=403035|title=Joseph Clemmons, September 1935|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=September 24, 2017}}</ref> Clemmons is interred at Roselawn Memorial Park in Baton Rouge.<ref>''Baton Rouge Morning Advocate'', July 6, 1976.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Clemmons, Joseph}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]