Harold W. Clemens, a Republican State Assembly member from Waukesha County (1956-1968), was born in Oconomowoc in 1918. He graduated from Milwaukee Technical High School and prior to his election to the State Assembly he operated a private boat livery, picnic, and swimming area in Oconomowoc. As an Assembly member Clemens had a variety of assignments. In 1957 he was a member of the Elections and Municipalities committees and vice-chairman of the Legislative Council's Boating Safety Committee. Clemens served on the Elections and State Affairs committees in 1959 and was vice-chairman of the Education and Transportation committees in 1961. Two years later, Clemens became speaker pro tem of the Assembly, chairman of the Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, and vice-chairman of the Elections Committee. Clemens also served on the Legislative Council's Local Government Committee (1965-1967), its Aged Tax Relief Committee (1963-1965), and its Interstate Cooperation Committee (1963-1965). Harold Clemens resigned his Assembly seat in 1968 to accept an appointment as State Treasurer by Governor Warren Knowles.
