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Jerry Summers: Frank G. Clement - Boy Wonder Governor


Jerry Summers: Frank G. Clement - Boy Wonder Governor
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - by Jerry Summers
Jerry Summers
Frank Goad Clement, at the age of 10, allegedly made the statement to his Dickson classmates that he would sometime lead the State of Tennessee.
            Another version recently related by one of his three sons, former Congressman Bob Clement, was that “at 16 years old, he told his friends that I’m going to be governor of Tennessee.”
            At the young age of 32 in 1957 he fulfilled that boast by becoming the youngest governor in the state which earned him the title in some circles as the “Boy Wonder Governor”. ....

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