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'''Earle Chester Clements''' (October 22, 1896 – March 12, 1985) was a [[Kentucky]] [[farmer]] and [[politician]] who served in the middle 20th century in both houses of the [[United States Congress]]. He was also the 47th [[Governor]] of his state from 1947 to 1950.<ref name=findagrave>Earle Chester Clements (1896-1985) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed November 18, 2021.</ref> For three decades, he led a faction of his state's [[Democratic Party]] that stood in opposition to his boyhood friend, [[A. B. "Happy" Chandler]], a two-time governor, U.S. Senator, and baseball commissioner.
'''Earle Chester Clements''' (October 22, 1896 – March 12, 1985) was a [[Kentucky]] [[farmer]] and [[politician]] who served in the middle 20th century in both houses of the [[United States Congress]]. He was also the 47th [[Governor]] of his state from 1947 to 1950.<ref name=findagrave>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7909151/earle-chester-clements Earle Chester Clements (1896-1985) - Find A Grave Memorial], accessed November 18, 2021.</ref> For three decades, he led a faction of his state's [[Democratic Party]] that stood in opposition to his boyhood friend, [[A. B. "Happy" Chandler]], a two-time governor, U.S. Senator, and baseball commissioner.
==Background==
==Background==
==Legacy==
==Legacy==
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>[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/14/us/earle-clements-of-kentucky-was-governor-and-a-senator.html 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>
The Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center located on the former site of Camp Breckinridge, a [[World War II]] and[[ Korean War]] Army training facility in Morganfield, Kentucky, is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jobcorps.gov/center/earle-c-clements-job-corps-center|title=Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center|publisher=jobcorps.gov|accessdate=November 19, 2021}}</ref>
The Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center located on the former site of Camp Breckinridge, a [[World War II]] and[[ Korean War]] Army training facility in Morganfield, Kentucky, is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jobcorps.gov/center/earle-c-clements-job-corps-center|title=Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center|publisher=jobcorps.gov|accessdate=November 19, 2021}}</ref>