| Term Start: | January 9, 1961 |
| Term End: | January 14, 1963 |
| Bob C. Cloer | |
| District: | 126th |
| State House: | Georgia |
| Successor: | John Acree |
| Predecessor: | Ed Hedden |
| Birth Date: | 27 December 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Riverton, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Alma Mater: | Bob Jones University University of Georgia Law School |
| Children: | 1 |
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.
Cloer was born on December 27, 1930, in Riverton, Wyoming, the son of Wiley C. Cloer and Bessie Ann (Tatham) Cloer.[1] He graduated from Towns County High School in 1945. He attended Bob Jones University where he graduated with a B.S. degree in 1954. Afterwards, he attended the University of Georgia Law School and graduated with a LL.B. degree in 1957.
In 1962, he was one of the first in the legislature to introduce a bill to repeal the county unit system.[2] 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. That same year, he was considered a potential Republican nominee for lieutenant governor.[3] [4] He was defeated for reelection by a margin of 1,311 to 958, losing to John Acree.[5] 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.[6] [7] [8]
Cloer married his wife Joyce Ann Burket on June 6, 1954, in Tipton, Indiana. They had one daughter. In 1958, his wife died from complications of a heart attack.[9]
Cloer died on July 26, 2024, at the age of 93.[10]