| − | 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 O. Martin, Sr., 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 O. Martin, Sr.]], 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. |