Clement Steele Clarke (October 9, 1897 – March 28, 1967), was an

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man from

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, Louisiana, who was the first member of the

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to run for the

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since implementation in 1914 of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He lost the

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race to Democrat Russell B. Long, the older son of Huey Pierce Long Jr. Clarke's first marriage was to Marjorie Terry, daughter of Dr. Roy A. Terry of

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. The couple wed on July 13, 1934. The couple soon divorced, and Marjorie Clark married Donald Ballard on December 22, 1936.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Clem S. 1897 births 1967 deaths Politicians from Marietta, Ohio People from Beaumont, Texas People from Collier County, Florida Cornell University College of Engineering alumni American businesspeople in the oil industry Louisiana Republicans Louisiana postmasters Politicians from Shreveport, Louisiana United States Navy officers Burials in Louisiana 20th-century American inventors Military personnel from Texas