Clemens James France

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• Adopted: 1922, Seatle, Washington

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Died:
From his New York Times obituary:
[CENTER:]CLEMENS FRANCE, RETIRED LAWYER
Social Welfare Director of
Rhode Island, '36-48, Dies
—Ran for Governor[:CENTER]
Dr. Clemens J. France of 310 East Twelfth Street, a retired lawyer and former Director of Social Welfare for Rhode Island, died yesterday of a heart attack at his summer home in Sebec Lake, Me. His age was 82..
A leader in prison reform in Rhode Island, Dr. France was appointed social welfare director in 1936. He resigned in 1948 to run in an unsuccessful campaign for Governor of Rhode Island on the Progressive party ticket. Afterwards he maintained a law office in Providence until his retirement in 1953.
Dr. France graduated from Hamilton College in 1898 and also received a master's degree there. He earned a Ph. D. at Clark University and a law degree at the Baltimore Law School.
After Army service in World War I, Dr. France was appointed to the relief commission to Ireland. At the request of President Eamon de Valera of Ireland, he served on the commission that drafted the Constitution of the Irish Free State.
From 1927 to 1929, Dr. France was a salesman and manager in the advertising department of The New York Times.
In 1951 he was chairman of the Committee to Aid Constitutional Challenges of the McCarran Act. He belonged to the National Lawyers, Guild and the Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Richard J. Masterson of Warwick, R. L, and Mrs. David J. Hager of Old Town, Me.; a brother and a sister.

Clemens married Edith Lapham about 1906. Edith was born in 1875; died on 4 May 1950 in Cranston, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Masterson

Family/Spouse: Masterson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]