Harold W. Clemens (October 21, 1918 – December 3, 1998) was an

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politician from Wisconsin. Born in

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, Clemens served in the

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during

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. He worked in manufacturing and managed a recreation area. Clemens served in the

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from 1957 until 1968, when he resigned to fill the vacancy in the office of Wisconsin State Treasurer after the death of

Dena A. Smith Dena A. Smith (October 19, 1899 – February 20, 1968) was the state treasurer of Wisconsin from 1957 to 1959 and from 1961 until her death in office in 1968. She was the first woman to be elected to a statewide constitutional office in Wiscon ...

. He was elected to the office in 1968 and served from 1969 until 1971.'The Wisconsin Blue Book 1970,' Biographical Sketch of Harold W. Clemens, pg. 7

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