Clem McSpadden

Clem Rogers McSpadden ( born November 9, 1925 on a ranch near Bushyhead, Rogers County, Oklahoma, † July 7, 2008 in Houston, Texas ) was an American politician.

McSpadden graduated from the University of Redlands in California and at North Texas Agricultural College in Arlington. He then attended the University of Texas in Austin and finally the Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. At the latter he received his Bachelor of Science in 1948. From 1944 to 1946 McSpadden served in the United States Navy. In 1954 he was elected to the Senate from Oklahoma, where he served until 1972. He then moved to the United States Congress and represented there as a Democrat January 3, 1973 to January 3, 1975 his home state in the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1974 he tried in vain to obtain the nomination for Democratic candidate for governor, which instead went to David Boren.

McSpadden died on 7 July 2008 at the age of 82 years to cancer. He was a great-nephew of Will Rogers.