| − | Clements died at his home in Morganfield at the age of eighty-eight. He and Mrs. Clements are interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery. He once said ''I never ran for anything with the idea that it was a steppingstone to a higher job. I always got accused of that, but those folks were wrong. You run for office because you want to represent all your people. And when you get that office, you devote all your time to it.'' Republican former Governor Louie Nunn said on Clements' passing: "He was a bare-knuckle politician. ...He and I were ''political adversaries and warm friends.''<ref>EARLE CLEMENTS OF KENTUCKY; WAS GOVERNOR AND A SENATOR - The New York Times (nytimes.com), accessed November 18, 2021.</ref> | + | Clements died at his home in Morganfield at the age of eighty-eight. He and Mrs. Clements are interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery. He once said that he "never ran for anything with the idea that it was a steppingstone to a higher job. I always got accused of that, but those folks were wrong. You run for office because you want to represent all your people. And when you get that office, you devote all your time to it." Republican former Governor Louie Nunn said on Clements' passing: "He was a bare-knuckle politician. ... He and I were ''political adversaries and warm friends.''<ref>EARLE CLEMENTS OF KENTUCKY; WAS GOVERNOR AND A SENATOR - The New York Times (nytimes.com), accessed November 18, 2021.</ref> |