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| name=Jerome Francis "Jerry" Climer<br>
| name=Jerome Francis "Jerry" Climer<br>
(Political consultant, founder the Congressional Institute and Public Governance Institute)
(Political consultant, founder of<br>The Congressional Institute and<br> Public Governance Institute)
| birth_date=April 25, 1941
| birth_date=April 25, 1941
| birth_place=[[Arkansas]], [[United States|USA]]<br>
| birth_place=[[Arkansas]], [[United States|USA]]<br>
|spouse= Mary Ann Climer<br>
|spouse= Mary Ann Climer<br>
Children:<br>
Children:<br>
Greta E. Climer<br>
Matthew A. Climer
Matthew A. Climer
|footnotes=Though he was never elected to public office, Climer was a behind-the-scenes power in the [[Arkansas]] and national [[Republican Party|Republican]] parties.<br />[[Governor]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] appointed Climer as [[clerk of court]] for Pulaski County, but he vacated the post to run statewide for secretary of state in 1972.<br />In addition to the Congressional Institute, which he established in 1987, Climer founded the Public Governance Institute in 2001.
|footnotes=Though he was never elected to public office, Climer was a behind-the-scenes power in the [[Arkansas]] and national [[Republican Party|Republican]] parties.<br />[[Governor]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] appointed Climer as clerk of court for Pulaski County, but he vacated the post to run statewide for secretary of state in 1972.<br />In addition to the Congressional Institute, which he established in 1987, Climer founded the Public Governance Institute in 2001.
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'''Jerome Francis "Jerry" Climer''' (born April 25, 1941), is the founder of two [[Washington, D.C.]]-based think tanks, the [[Congressional Institute]] and the [[Public Governance Institute]], which were established in 1987 and 2001, respectively. His field of expertise is public administration—a branch of [[political science]]—as well as public policy and issues development.
'''Jerome Francis "Jerry" Climer''' (born April 25, 1941), is the founder of two [[Washington, D.C.]]-based think tanks, the [[Congressional Institute]] and the [[Public Governance Institute]], which were established in 1987 and 2001, respectively. His field of expertise is public administration, a branch of [[political science]] as well as public policy and issues development.
==Background==
==Background==
An [[Arkansas]] native, Climer graduated from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in public administration. He came to Washington in 1967 to join the staff of newly elected [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[John Paul Hammerschmidt]] of [[Harrison, Arkansas|Harrison]]. Later, he was an assistant to the [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]]. From 1979-1985, he was chief of staff to then U.S. Representative [[Edwin R. Bethune]] of [[White County, Arkansas|White County]], only the second Arkansas Republican to have been elected to Congress since [[Reconstruction era of the United States|Reconstruction]].
An [[Arkansas]] native, Climer graduated from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville with a Bachelor of Science degree in public administration. He came to Washington in 1967 to join the staff of newly elected [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Representative]] [[John Paul Hammerschmidt]] of Arkansas' 3rd congressional district. Later, he was an assistant to the [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]]. From 1979 to 1985, he was chief of staff to then U.S. Representative [[Edwin R. Bethune]], a Republican from White County and only the second Arkansas Republican to have been elected to Congress since [[Reconstruction]].
Late in 1970, [[Governor]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], shortly before he left the office, appointed Climer to fill a vacancy as the clerk of Pulaski County, which includes the capital city of [[Little Rock]].
Late in 1970, [[Governor]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], shortly before he left the office, appointed Climer to fill a vacancy as the clerk of Pulaski County, which includes the capital city of [[Little Rock]].