Chester Clem

{{Short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Chester Clem

|image = Chester Clem.jpg

|image_size = 180px

|state_house = Florida

|district = 48th

|term_start = 1972

|term_end = 1976

|predecessor = Roger H. Wilson{{cite web |url=http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/fefdl/florida/House19672001.html |title=House of Representatives |website=www.uflib.ufl.edu |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113095046/http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/fefdl/florida/House19672001.html |archive-date=13 January 2018 |url-status=dead}}

|successor = R. Dale Patchett

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|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|12|28}}

|birth_place = Sanford, Florida, U.S.

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|party = Republican

|occupation = attorney

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|alma_mater = University of Florida

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Chester Earl Clem, Jr. (born December 28, 1937) was an American politician in the state of Florida.

Clem was born in Sanford, Florida. He attended the University of Florida and was admitted to the Florida bar in 1963.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YVgVAQAAIAAJ&q=Chester+Clem+florida+born|title = The Clerk's Manual for the Use of the Legislature of the State of Florida|year = 1974}} He served in the Florida House of Representatives for the 48th district from 1972 to 1976, as a Republican.{{cite web|url=http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/FileStores/Web/HouseContent/Approved/Public%20Guide/Uploads/Documents/house_counties_final.pdf |title=Membership of the Florida House of Representatives by County, 1845-2012 |author=Ward, Robert L. / Florida House of Representatives |year=2011 |publisher= |accessdate=December 11, 2011}} He ran for Governor of Florida in 1986, but came in fourth place in the Republican primary.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=66020|title=Our Campaigns - FL Governor - R Primary Race - Sep 02, 1986}}