Harold W. Clemens was an American

United States

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, Republican

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 politician from Wisconsin.

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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, Clemens served in the United States Navy

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 during World War II

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

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from 1957 until 1968, when he resigned to fill a vacancy in the office of Wisconsin State Treasurer. He was elected to the office in 1968 and served from 1969 until 1971.