Clem Smith is an

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politician. He was a member of the

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representing the 85th District in Saint Louis County from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Smith was Deputy Minority Whip, and a member of the Joint Committee on Tax Policy, Elections, Select Committee on Utilities (Ranking member), and the Select Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations (Ranking Member). Smith served on the Executive Committee of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL), and executive board of the National Labor Caucus of State Legislators (NLC). In addition to his community and political work Smith works as a stationary engineer in the oil and gas industry, and is a member of the

International Union of Operating Engineers The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) is a trade union within the United States-based AFL–CIO representing primarily construction workers who work as heavy equipment operators, mechanics, surveyors, and stationary engineers (also ...

Local 399, Upsilon Omega chapter of

Omega Psi Phi Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. () is a historically African-American fraternity. The fraternity was founded on November 17, 1911, by three Howard University juniors Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman, and their faculty advi ...

fraternity, the

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, and Multiple Sclerosis Society. Smith was a Delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 2012, 2016 and 2020. A graduate of Clayton High School, Smith received his bachelor's degree from Columbia College of Missouri.

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