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World War II. William Perry Clements Jr. (April 13, 1917 – May 29, 2011) was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served two nonconsecutive terms as the governor of Texas between 1979 and 1991. His terms bookended the sole term served by Mark Wells White, a Democrat who defeated Clements in the 1982 election only to ...
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May 29, 2011 · Bill Clements, the first Republican elected governor of Texas since Reconstruction, died in 2011 at age 94. He was a brusque and colorful oilman who sparked tort reform, appointed Republicans to the Supreme Court and helped build the GOP infrastructure in Texas.
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May 31, 2011 · William Perry Clements Jr. was born on April 13 1917, and grew up in a wealthy Dallas suburb. But his father lost his job and most of his wealth in the Great Depression, forcing Mr. Clements to ...
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May 31, 2011 · Bill Clements, a brash Republican millionaire who helped break Democrats’ century-long hold on Texas politics when he was elected governor in 1978, died May 29 at a Dallas area hospital.
May 30, 2011 · A tribute to the first Republican governor of Texas since Reconstruction, who led the state's political realignment and modernization. Learn how Clements' oil industry background, conservative philosophy, management skills and personality shaped Texas politics and government.
Learn about the life and career of Bill Clements, the first Republican governor of Texas since Reconstruction. He was a businessman, a former U.S. official, and a leader in education, crime prevention, and relations with Mexico.
May 30, 2011 · William Clements was an oil-field roughneck and entrepreneur; He was elected Texas governor in 1978, and ousted four years later; George W. Bush remembers him as a "great man" and "political pioneer"
