Clyde Mark Billington Jr. (August 29, 1934 – April 2, 2018) was an American chemist, businessman, and politician. Billington was born in Hartford, Connecticut and went to Weaver High School. Billington was an African-American. He received his bachelor of science degree form Lincoln University, in

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. He served in the

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in the

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. He then worked as a chemist for

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. Billington was in the real estate and liquor businesses in Hartford, Connecticut. Billington served in the

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as a

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from 1971 to 1979. Billington died at St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut.

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