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==Public service commissioner==

==Public service commissioner==

Thereafter, Clements spent his last years in politics as one of the three members of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, a rate-making body that supervises utilities and motor carriers. He was elected to the then District 2 seat in 1956, 1962, and 1968. He stepped down at the end of 1974,<ref name=findagrave/> when the body was enlarged to five members under the new Louisiana Constitution that year. Clements was first elected to succeed Wade Omer Martin, Sr. (1885-1956), of St. Martin Parish, who died in August 1956. Martin was first elected to the commission in 1932 and hence served twenty-four years. After Martin's death, Governor Long had named  E. P. Roy to a temporary appointment until the regular election could be held. Clements won that election. In the two years prior to reelection campaigns, Clements served as chairman of the commission.<ref name=bdodd/> He was also chairman in his last two years on the commission, when the junior member was then 34-year-old [[Edward Kennon|Francis Edward Kennon, Jr.]], a nephew of former Governor Robert Kennon, who Clements earlier had opposed for governor.​

Thereafter, Clements spent his last years in politics as one of the three members of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, a rate-making body that supervises utilities and motor carriers. He was elected to the then District 2 seat in 1956, 1962, and 1968. He stepped down at the end of 1974,<ref name=findagrave/> when the body was enlarged to five members under the new Louisiana Constitution that year. Clements was first elected to succeed Wade Omer Martin, Sr. (1885-1956), of St. Martin Parish, who died in August 1956. Martin was first elected to the commission in 1932 and hence served twenty-four years. After Martin's death, Governor Long had named  E. P. Roy to a temporary appointment until the regular election could be held. Clements won that election. In the two years prior to reelection campaigns, Clements served as chairman of the commission.<ref name=bdodd/> He was also chairman in his last two years on the commission, when the junior member was then 34-year-old [[Edward Kennon|Francis Edward Kennon, Jr.]], a nephew of former Governor Robert Kennon, who Clements earlier had opposed for governor.​

 

==Dodd recalls his friend Clements==​

==Dodd recalls his friend Clements==

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In his memoirs  ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics,'' Dodd described Clements accordingly:​

In his memoirs  ''Peapatch Politics: The Earl Long Era in Louisiana Politics,'' Dodd described Clements accordingly:​

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In summation, Dodd laughed that Clements was "a hypocrite when it came to practicing what he preached, but he meant what he was saying when he said it."​<ref name=bdodd/>

In summation, Dodd laughed that Clements was "a hypocrite when it came to practicing what he preached, but he meant what he was saying when he said it."​<ref name=bdodd/>

​==References==

Clements was part of the colorful panorama of that breed known as "Louisiana politicians." His papers are at [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]].​{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=l000418|title=Northwestern State University of Natchitoches in Long, Huey Pierce Guide to Research Papers|publisher=bioguidecongress.gov|accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref>

 

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