Louis Gary Clemente (June 13, 1908 – May 13, 1968) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a

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from 1949 to 1953.

Biography

Born in New York City, he attended St. Ann's Academy in Manhattan and LaSalle Military Academy in Oakdale. He received a Reserve officer's certificate at

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in 1925 and a Reserve commission in 1929. In 1931 he graduated from

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, and was admitted to the District of Columbia

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. Clemente practiced in Washington, D.C. and in New York.

Military service

Clemente entered the

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as a second lieutenant in 1941 and served until released from active duty as a lieutenant colonel in 1946. He was a member of the

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from 1946 to 1949.

Tenure in Congress

He was elected as a

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to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses, holding office from January 3, 1949 to January 3, 1953. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress.

Later career and death

After leaving Congress Clemente was executive vice president of Unexcelled Chemical Corp., Ohio Bronze Corp., Premier Chemical Corp., and Modene Paint Corp. He died in

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; interment was in St. John's Cemetery,

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References

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