Interview with Earle C. Clements

Project: Bonnet Productions: North Middle School, Henderson County (KY) Oral History Project

Interview Summary

In this interview Earle C. Clements discusses his life in politics, from Sheriff and County Court clerk of Union County to being am advisor for Lyndon B. Johnson during the 1960 presidential election. Clements discusses how voter demographics have changed since he started his career, his feelings on nuclear war, and his accomplishments as a politician. The interviews in this collection were conducted by middle school students as part of an educational media project under the direction of Henderson County North Middle School teacher Roy Pullam

Interview Accession

2022oh0444_hchs0142

Interviewee Name

Earle C. Clements

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Interview Keyword

Legislators Political offices County court clerks Works Progress Administration WPA Lawmakers House of Representatives Black Americans Floor leaders John F. Kennedy Red Scare

Interview LC Subject

Kentucky Nuclear warfare McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957. Communism Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007. Voting Demographics Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973. African Americans Union County (Ky.)

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