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  • Bill Clements
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  • William Perry "Bill" Clements, Jr. (April 13, 1917 – May 29, 2011), was the 42nd and 44th governor of Texas, serving from 1979 to 1983 and again from 1987 to 1991. Clements was the first Republican to have served as governor of the U.S. state of Texas since Reconstruction. Clements' eight years in office were the most served by any Texan governor prior to current Governor Rick Perry.
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Office
  • Governor of Texas
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serviceyears
  • 1941
term start
  • 1973
  • 1979-01-16
  • 1987-01-20
Birth Date
  • 1917-04-13
Residence
  • Dallas, Texas
Branch
death place
  • Dallas, Texas
Spouse
  • Pauline Allen Gill
  • Rita Crocker Clements
Footnotes
  • In 1979, Clements became Texas' first Republican governor in 105 years. Clements was an early contributor to the 2008 candidacy of Republican presidential candidate U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona.
Name
  • Bill Clements
ImageSize
  • 200
resting place
  • Grove Hill Memorial Park Dallas, Texas
Caption
  • William P. Clements seated in the table of the Cabinet Room at the White House during a meeting with the National Security Council with U.S. President Gerald R. Ford.
Alma mater
President
Party
  • Republican
Birth Place
  • Dallas, Texas
Title
term end
  • 1977
  • 1983-01-18
  • 1991-01-15
death date
  • 2011-05-29
Battles
Successor
Before
Religion
  • Episcopalian
Years
  • 1973
  • --01-16
  • --01-20
After
Profession
  • Oil driller
lieutenant
Children
  • Stepchildren:
  • B. Gill Clements
  • Barbara Bass-Moroney
  • Bonnie Bass-Smith
  • Dan Bass
  • Jim Bass
  • Nancy Clements-Seay
Order
Nationality
Predecessor
cause -death
  • Natural causes
abstract
  • William Perry "Bill" Clements, Jr. (April 13, 1917 – May 29, 2011), was the 42nd and 44th governor of Texas, serving from 1979 to 1983 and again from 1987 to 1991. Clements was the first Republican to have served as governor of the U.S. state of Texas since Reconstruction. Clements' eight years in office were the most served by any Texan governor prior to current Governor Rick Perry.
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