Clint Roberts (politician)

Clint Ronald Roberts (January 30, 1935 – February 12, 2017) was an American rancher, Marlboro man, and one term U.S. representative from South Dakota, serving from 1981 to 1983.

Roberts was born in Presho, South Dakota, and attended Black Hills State College from 1952 to 1953.

Roberts twice ran for Governor of South Dakota, in 1978 and 1986, but failed to gain the Republican nomination on both occasions.

[1] Roberts retired to a home in Fort Pierre, South Dakota.

Roberts died in a hospital in Pierre, South Dakota, from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on February 12, 2017, at the age of 82.