Ernest S. Clements Politician

Ernest S. Clements (April 17, 1898 – May 17, 1987) was a seemingly unlikely member of the Long political faction in Louisiana in a career which spanned thirty-eight years from the 1930s to the 1970s. The pious, introverted Clements did not fit the public image of the no-holds-barred, extroverted Long man. William J. "Bill" Dodd, a long-time observer of Louisiana politics and a Clements friend, described him as "zealous and a fine orator in the old-school style . . . [but] so humorless, straitlaced, and self-righteous that none of us, from Earl (Earl Kemp Long) on down to the sound-truck drivers, could keep from playing tricks on him."

Personal facts

Birth dateApril 17, 1898
Date of deathMay 17, 1987
Residence
Louisiana , Allen Parish Louisiana , Oberlin Louisiana , United States

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Office holder

office
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner from District 2
Louisiana State Senator from Allen Beauregard Calcasieu Cameron and Jefferson Davis parishes
party
List of Governors of Louisiana
Democratic Party (United States)

Ernest S. Clements on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/guidedisplay.pl?index=l000418
  2. http://www.lpsc.org/(Interview