Studebaker, Clem(ent) (1831-1901)

US manufacturer. In 1852, he and his older brother Henry Studebaker established H & C Studebaker in South Bend, Indiana, building well-made wagons with their name on them. In 1868 the company became the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company with Clem as president. In 1870, with three more brothers in the firm, they opened a branch in St Joseph, Missouri, and became the largest horse-drawn carriage company in the world. By 1897 Clem was experimenting with petrol-driven cars, which his company began to manufacture shortly after his death.

He was born near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. He helped his father in his small wagon-building shop. Active in the Republican Party, he was appointed a delegate to the 1889 Pan American Congress by President Harrison.He was an active Methodist both with the Chautauqua Association and as a trustee and benefactor of De Pauw University.