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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Tennessee05 !"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 5th congressional district">5th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 19, 1988 – January 3, 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Boner" title="Bill Boner">Bill Boner</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cooper" title="Jim Cooper">Jim Cooper</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">President of <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_University" title="Cumberland University">Cumberland University</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1983–1988</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernest_Looney_Stockton_Jr.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ernest Looney Stockton Jr. (page does not exist)">Ernest Looney Stockton Jr.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=M._Walker_Buckalew&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M. Walker Buckalew (page does not exist)">M. Walker Buckalew</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1943-09-23</span>) </span>September 23, 1943<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 81)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Mary Carson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frank_G._Clement" title="Frank G. Clement">Frank G. Clement</a> (father)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee" title="University of Tennessee">University of Tennessee</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">BS</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Memphis" title="University of Memphis">University of Memphis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)" title="National Guard (United States)">National Guard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1969-1971 (active)<br />1971-2001 (reserves)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">Colonel</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Robert Nelson Clement</b> (born September 23, 1943) is an American politician and academic administrator. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, he served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> for <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee's</a> <a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 5th congressional district">5th congressional district</a> from 1988 until 2003. </p><p>The son of Tennessee Governor <a href="/wiki/Frank_G._Clement" title="Frank G. Clement">Frank G. Clement</a>, Clement had served on the board of directors at the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority" title="Tennessee Valley Authority">Tennessee Valley Authority</a> (TVA) and as president of <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_University" title="Cumberland University">Cumberland University</a> before entering Congress.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tennessean2_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennessean2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Earlier in his career, he was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Public_Service_Commission" title="Tennessee Public Service Commission">Tennessee Public Service Commission</a>. Clement retired from the House to mount an unsuccessful candidacy for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> in <a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee" title="2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee">2002</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Clement&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clement is the son of former <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Tennessee" title="Governor of Tennessee">Tennessee Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Frank_G._Clement" title="Frank G. Clement">Frank G. Clement</a>. During his father's third run for governor in <a href="/wiki/1962_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election" title="1962 Tennessee gubernatorial election">1962</a>, he joined his father on the campaign trail, often making speeches when his father developed throat trouble.<sup id="cite_ref-Tennessean_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennessean-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Clement graduated from <a href="/wiki/Hillsboro_Comprehensive_High_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillsboro Comprehensive High School">Hillsboro High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a>. He went on to attend the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee" title="University of Tennessee">University of Tennessee</a> graduating in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_National_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="United States National Guard">National Guard</a> from 1969 to 1971 and also served in the reserves until 2001, retiring as a colonel.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tennessean.com_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tennessean.com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Clement&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tennessee_Public_Service_Commission">Tennessee Public Service Commission</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Clement&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tennessee Public Service Commission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clement considered buying a telephone company while he was studying at the University of Tennessee, but his father would not lend him the money. He gained knowledge about the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Public_Service_Commission" title="Tennessee Public Service Commission">Tennessee Public Service Commission</a>, which was tasked with regulating phone companies and other utilities. Clement then became interested in working for the commission's staff. </p><p>In 1972, Clement ran against Hammond Fowler in the Democratic primary for the incumbent's seat and won. He won by a 3 to 1 margin which was the most lopsided defeat of a statewide incumbent in Tennessee history. He went on to win against <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> nominee Tom Garland in the general election in what was otherwise largely a good year for Republican candidates in Tennessee. (No Republican was ever elected to the Public Service Commission in the state during its existence which later played a factor in its abolition in 1996. At 29 he was (and still is) the youngest person ever elected to statewide office in Tennessee history.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Tennessean2_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennessean2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gubernatorial_candidacy_and_TVA_board_membership">Gubernatorial candidacy and TVA board membership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Clement&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Gubernatorial candidacy and TVA board membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/1978_Tennessee_gubernatorial_election" title="1978 Tennessee gubernatorial election">1978</a>, Clement ran for the Democratic nomination for governor.<sup id="cite_ref-Tennessean2_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennessean2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ran second in the primary narrowly behind <a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville</a> banker <a href="/wiki/Jake_Butcher" title="Jake Butcher">Jake Butcher</a>, who had finished second in the Democratic gubernatorial primary four years previously.<sup id="cite_ref-Tennessean2_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennessean2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1979, <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Carter" title="Jimmy Carter">Jimmy Carter</a> tapped him for an unexpired term on the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Directors" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Directors">Board of Directors</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority" title="Tennessee Valley Authority">Tennessee Valley Authority</a> (TVA).<sup id="cite_ref-Tennessean2_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennessean2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He tried to stop the overbuilding of nuclear reactors in the TVA service area, later telling <a href="/wiki/The_Tennessean" title="The Tennessean"><i>The (Nashville) Tennessean</i></a> that the agency was trying to pay for the projects by raising rates when there was plenty of power available.<sup id="cite_ref-Tennessean2_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennessean2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stepped down in 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-Tennessean2_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennessean2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Congressional_career">Congressional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Clement&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Congressional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1982, Clement announced his candidacy for the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Tennessee's 7th congressional district">7th Congressional District</a>, his family's home district. The seat was being vacated by five-term incumbent Republican <a href="/wiki/Robin_Beard" title="Robin Beard">Robin Beard</a>, who was leaving it to run against <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Sasser" title="Jim Sasser">Jim Sasser</a>, and had been renumbered from the 6th in redistricting. Clement won the Democratic nomination, but lost the <a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">general election</a> to <a href="/wiki/Don_Sundquist" title="Don Sundquist">Don Sundquist</a>, a businessman from <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a> who would later become a two-term governor. It was the first (and as of the 2010 elections, only) time that a Democrat had come within single digits in the 7th District and its predecessors since it fell into Republican hands in 1972. Clement said years later that he'd made a mistake by trying to run the same kind of campaign that his father had in his glory days.<sup id="cite_ref-Tennessean2_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennessean2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Temporarily out of politics, Clement remained active in Democratic circles. He also had a large network of contacts through his ongoing service in the National Guard. In 1983, Clement became <a href="/wiki/University_president" class="mw-redirect" title="University president">president</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_University" title="Cumberland University">Cumberland University</a>, a struggling private <a href="/wiki/Junior_college" title="Junior college">junior college</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lebanon,_Tennessee" title="Lebanon, Tennessee">Lebanon</a>, 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of <a href="/wiki/Nashville" class="mw-redirect" title="Nashville">Nashville</a>. Cumberland had once been one of the most prestigious <a href="/wiki/University" title="University">universities</a> in the South, but had fallen upon hard times, never fully recovering from the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a> and the widespread availability of lower-cost public higher education after <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The nadir probably occurred when it was forced, for financial reasons, to sell its once-renowned <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_School_of_Law" title="Cumberland School of Law">law school</a> (which Clement's father had attended) to what is now <a href="/wiki/Samford_University" title="Samford University">Samford University</a> in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama" title="Birmingham, Alabama">Birmingham</a> and downgrade to a junior college. During Clement's tenure, the school regained <a href="/wiki/College" title="College">four-year college</a> status, and shortly later, full university status. He also tripled the school's private donations.<sup id="cite_ref-Tennessean2_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennessean2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1987, <a href="/wiki/5th_Congressional_District_of_Tennessee" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Congressional District of Tennessee">5th District</a> Congressman <a href="/wiki/Bill_Boner" title="Bill Boner">Bill Boner</a> left his House seat to become mayor of Nashville. Clement, who had moved to Nashville by this time, resigned as president of Cumberland on August 22 to run in the Democratic primary for the balance of Boner's term. He won the nomination over a crowded field, including most prominently <a href="/wiki/Phil_Bredesen" title="Phil Bredesen">Phil Bredesen</a>, future mayor of Nashville and two-term governor of Tennessee, who finished second. As the Republicans had long since lost interest in a seat they hadn't won since 1875 (Democrats have faced only token opposition since 1972), Clement's victory in the special election of January 19, 1988 was a foregone conclusion. He took office that night, as soon as the results were certified. He was unopposed for a full term in November even as <a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> became only the second Republican to carry Nashville in a presidential election. He was reelected six times with no substantial opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite representing one of the most Democratic districts in the country, Clement had a reputation for working across party lines. This nonpartisan style dated back to his first campaign for the Public Service Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-Tennessean2_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tennessean2-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 10, 2002, Bob Clement was among the 81 House Democrats who voted in favor of authorizing the <a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">invasion of Iraq</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2002_U.S._Senate_bid">2002 U.S. Senate bid</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Clement&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2002 U.S. Senate bid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_Tennessee" title="2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee">2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Honoring_the_Courage_of_Gov._Frank_G._Clement.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Honoring_the_Courage_of_Gov._Frank_G._Clement.jpg" decoding="async" width="345" height="208" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="345" data-file-height="208" /></a><figcaption>Sen. <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Alexander" title="Lamar Alexander">Lamar Alexander</a> (far left), former Tennessee State Senator <a href="/wiki/Anna_Belle_Clement_O%27Brien" title="Anna Belle Clement O'Brien">Anna Belle Clement O'Brien</a> and former U.S. Representative Bob Clement discuss Gov. <a href="/wiki/Frank_G._Clement" title="Frank G. Clement">Frank G. Clement</a>'s role in the desegregation of <a href="/wiki/Clinton_High_School_(Clinton,_Tennessee)" title="Clinton High School (Clinton, Tennessee)">Clinton High School</a> during a ceremony at the <a href="/wiki/Green_McAdoo_School" title="Green McAdoo School">Green McAdoo</a> site in Clinton.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2002, when Republican Senator <a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">Fred Thompson</a> stated that he had changed his mind regarding his previous announcement that he would run for a second full term, Clement entered the Democratic <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primary</a> for Thompson's seat. He won the nomination easily, but was defeated in the November general election by former governor <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Alexander" title="Lamar Alexander">Lamar Alexander</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clement was succeeded in the House by former Congressman <a href="/wiki/Jim_Cooper" title="Jim Cooper">Jim Cooper</a>, who is also a son of a former Tennessee governor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-congressional_career">Post-congressional career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Clement&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Post-congressional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Clement received the Distinguished Service Award from the <a href="/wiki/American_Public_Transit_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="American Public Transit Association">American Public Transit Association</a> in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clements run a Nashville-based firm, Clement & Associates, that consults on policy issues related to energy, health, and education.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006_mayoral_candidacy">2006 mayoral candidacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Clement&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2006 mayoral candidacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 15, 2006, Clement formed an <a href="/wiki/Exploratory_committee" title="Exploratory committee">exploratory committee</a> for a possible run for mayor of Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County in 2007. His supporters launched a campaign website well before his official announcement.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clement finished second in a crowded field including five major candidates, where the top three candidates finished only a few hundred votes apart. Clement faced former Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County law department director <a href="/wiki/Karl_Dean" title="Karl Dean">Karl Dean</a> in a runoff election on September 11, 2007. </p><p>Clement lost the election to Dean by a 52% (51,946) to 48% (47,347) margin. Clement stated after the results were tallied that he had no plans to run for public office in the future. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bob_Clement&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-BLP_unsourced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-BLP_unsourced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section of a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biography of a living person</a> <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">include</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">references or sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help by adding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>. 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They have two children and Clement has two stepchildren. </p><p>Clement currently works as a realtor in Nashville and serves on the board of directors of the Clement Railroad Hotel Museum in Dickson, Tennessee. The museum is dedicated to the history of Dickson County, Tennessee as well as the life and legacy of Clement’s father, Governor Frank G. 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Sasser</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">A. Gore Jr.</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Quillen" title="Jimmy Quillen">J. Quillen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Duncan_Sr." title="John Duncan Sr."><i>J. Duncan Sr.</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Jones_(Tennessee_politician)" title="Ed Jones (Tennessee politician)">E. Jones</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ford_Sr." title="Harold Ford Sr.">H. Ford Sr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Lloyd" title="Marilyn Lloyd">M. Lloyd</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Boner" title="Bill Boner"><i>B. Boner</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cooper" title="Jim Cooper">J. Cooper</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Don_Sundquist" title="Don Sundquist">D. Sundquist</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>B. Clement</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)"><i>J. Duncan Jr.</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/101st_United_States_Congress" title="101st United States Congress">101st</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Sasser" title="Jim Sasser">J. Sasser</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">A. Gore Jr.</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Quillen" title="Jimmy Quillen">J. Quillen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ford_Sr." title="Harold Ford Sr.">H. Ford Sr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Lloyd" title="Marilyn Lloyd">M. Lloyd</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cooper" title="Jim Cooper">J. Cooper</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Don_Sundquist" title="Don Sundquist">D. Sundquist</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Clement</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. Tanner</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/102nd_United_States_Congress" title="102nd United States Congress">102nd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Sasser" title="Jim Sasser">J. Sasser</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">A. Gore Jr.</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Quillen" title="Jimmy Quillen">J. Quillen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ford_Sr." title="Harold Ford Sr.">H. Ford Sr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Lloyd" title="Marilyn Lloyd">M. Lloyd</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cooper" title="Jim Cooper">J. Cooper</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Don_Sundquist" title="Don Sundquist">D. Sundquist</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Clement</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. Tanner</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/103rd_United_States_Congress" title="103rd United States Congress">103rd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Sasser" title="Jim Sasser">J. Sasser</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harlan_Mathews" title="Harlan Mathews">H. Mathews</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Quillen" title="Jimmy Quillen">J. Quillen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ford_Sr." title="Harold Ford Sr.">H. Ford Sr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marilyn_Lloyd" title="Marilyn Lloyd">M. Lloyd</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Cooper" title="Jim Cooper">J. Cooper</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Don_Sundquist" title="Don Sundquist">D. Sundquist</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Clement</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. Tanner</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/104th_United_States_Congress" title="104th United States Congress">104th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">F. Thompson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">B. Frist</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Quillen" title="Jimmy Quillen">J. Quillen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ford_Sr." title="Harold Ford Sr.">H. Ford Sr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Clement</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. Tanner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Bryant" title="Ed Bryant">E. Bryant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Van_Hilleary" title="Van Hilleary">V. Hilleary</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Zach_Wamp" title="Zach Wamp">Z. Wamp</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/105th_United_States_Congress" title="105th United States Congress">105th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">F. Thompson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">B. Frist</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Clement</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. Tanner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Bryant" title="Ed Bryant">E. Bryant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Van_Hilleary" title="Van Hilleary">V. Hilleary</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Zach_Wamp" title="Zach Wamp">Z. Wamp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ford_Jr." title="Harold Ford Jr.">H. Ford Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Jenkins_(politician)" title="Bill Jenkins (politician)">W. Jenkins</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/106th_United_States_Congress" title="106th United States Congress">106th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">F. Thompson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">B. Frist</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Clement</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. Tanner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Bryant" title="Ed Bryant">E. Bryant</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Van_Hilleary" title="Van Hilleary">V. Hilleary</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Zach_Wamp" title="Zach Wamp">Z. Wamp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ford_Jr." title="Harold Ford Jr.">H. Ford Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Jenkins_(politician)" title="Bill Jenkins (politician)">W. Jenkins</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States senators from Tennessee">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">F. Thompson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">B. Frist</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Tennessee" title="List of United States representatives from Tennessee">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bart_Gordon" title="Bart Gordon">B. Gordon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">B. Clement</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Duncan_(politician)" title="Jimmy Duncan (politician)">J. Duncan Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_S._Tanner" class="mw-redirect" title="John S. Tanner">J. Tanner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_Bryant" title="Ed Bryant">E. 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