Robert Cloer

Robert Cline Cloer (December 27, 1930 – July 26, 2024) was an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives as a Republican representing Towns County from 1961 to 1963.

Early life Cloer was born on December 27, 1930, in Riverton, Wyoming, the son of Wiley C. Cloer and Bessie Ann (Tatham) Cloer. He graduated from Towns County High School in 1945. He attended Bob Jones University where he graduated with a B.S. degree in 1954. He also offered a bill that would abolish the rotation system, so that the state districts would elect a state senator on a district wide basis. He was defeated for reelection by a margin of 1,311 to 958, losing to John Acree. In 1964, he opposed the candidacy of Barry Goldwater for president, and was notable among the few in the Georgia delegation committed to William Scranton.

Personal life and death Cloer married his wife Joyce Ann Burket on June 6, 1954, in Tipton, Indiana.

Cloer died on July 26, 2024, at the age of 93.