[1] His parents farmed until he was 14 years old, when the Panic of 1893 caused failing finances that made it necessary for them to move to town.

[1] As Time magazine would recount in a 1935 cover story featuring him, "in Detroit he had fixed Henry Ford's watch, thus came to know that rising automobile manufacturer.

[1] Returning to civilian life in Des Moines, as America entered the First World War, Herring led local fundraising efforts as the chair of the Greater Des Moines Committee, and he was invited to Washington to advise the federal government on speeding up production of war supplies.

[5] In 1936, his fourth year as governor, Herring chose not to run for re-election but instead challenged incumbent Republican U.S.

[1] Herring's reaction to Orson Welles' 1938 "War of the Worlds" broadcast received national attention.

In addition, disagreements or rivalries between Herring and other leading Iowa Democrats, including fellow Senator Guy M. Gillette, former governor Nelson G. Kraschel, and Vice-president Henry Wallace, hampered party unity.

Clyde Herring's papers are housed at the University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives.