the primary and went on to win the general election. Clements' waning influence was evidenced by the fact that Breathitt carried Union County by a vote of 2,528 to 1,913. From 1961 to 1963, Clements was a consultant for the American Merchant Marine Institute. He then returned to Washington as a lobbyist and as an executive with the Tobacco Institute. In 1981, he retired to his hometown of Morganfield. After several years of illness, he died on March 12, 1985 and was buried at the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Morganfield. In 1980, the Breckinridge Job Corps Center in Morganfield was renamed the Earle C. Clements Job Corps Center. See also References Bibliography Further reading External links |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1896 births 1985 deaths 20th-century American politicians American lobbyists United States Army personnel of World War I Burials in Kentucky Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky Democratic Party governors of Kentucky Democratic Party United States senators from Kentucky Kentucky sheriffs Democratic Party Kentucky state senators Military personnel from Kentucky People from Morganfield, Kentucky University of Kentucky alumni