| William Perry "Bill" Clements, Jr. | |
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42nd & 44th Governor of Texas
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| In office January 16, 1979 – January 18, 1983 January 20, 1987 – January 15, 1991 |
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| Lieutenant | William P. "Bill" Hobby, Jr., (D) |
| Preceded by | Dolph Briscoe (D) Mark Wells White (D) |
| Succeeded by | Mark Wells White (D) Dorothy Ann Willis Richards (D) |
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| Born | April 17, 1917  Dallas, Texas, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Second wife, Rita Crocker Clements (born 1932) |
| Profession | Oil driller |
| Religion | Methodist |
| (1) In 1979, Clements became Texas' first Republican governor in 105 years. Governors of Texas Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Lieutenant Governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the United States of America. William Pettus “Bill” Hobby Jr, (born January 19, 1932) is a Texas Democratic Politician who served a record eighteen years Dolph Briscoe Jr (born April 23, 1923) is a wealthy Uvalde Rancher and businessman who was the Democratic Governor of Texas Mark Wells White (born March 17 1940) is an American lawyer who served as the forty-third Governor of Texas from 1983 - 1987 Mark Wells White (born March 17 1940) is an American lawyer who served as the forty-third Governor of Texas from 1983 - 1987 This article is about the American politician/teacher for the Australian-American actress see Ann Richards (actress. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. An oil is a substance that is in a viscous Liquid state ( "oily") at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer and is Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government
(2) Clements was an early contributor to the 2008 candidacy of Republican presidential candidate U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. |
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William Perry "Bill" Clements, Jr. (born April 17, 1917), is the first Republican to have served as governor of the U.S. state of Texas since Reconstruction. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. He was governor for two nonconsecutive terms from 1979 to 1983 and 1987 to 1991. Clement's eight years in office are (as of 2008) the most served by any governor; should current governor Rick Perry serve through January 2009 he will surpass Clements as the longest-reigning governor in state history. James Richard "Rick" Perry (born March 4, 1950) is a Republican Politician and the current Governor of Texas
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Early career
Clements was born in Dallas and worked as an oil driller for many years. He founded SEDCO, the world's largest offshore drilling company. He entered politics as the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense under Presidents Nixon and Ford, in the latter administration under Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld (1975-77; 2001-2006). The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest ranking official in the United States Department of Defense. Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr (July 14 1913 December 26 2006 was the thirty-eighth President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 and the fortieth Vice President Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9 1932 is a United States Businessman, Politician, the 13th Secretary of Defense under President
Texas' first GOP governor since Reconstruction
In 1979, Clements succeeded Democrat Dolph Briscoe of Uvalde, located west of San Antonio, to become governor. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Dolph Briscoe Jr (born April 23, 1923) is a wealthy Uvalde Rancher and businessman who was the Democratic Governor of Texas Uvalde is a city in Uvalde County, Texas, United States. The population was 14929 at the 2000 census To win the governorship, he first defeated State Representative Ray Hutchison in the Republican primary by a lopsided vote of 115,345 to 38,268. The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the US state of Texas. Ray L Hutchison (born September 1932 is a prominent Dallas, Texas, Attorney, who served in the Texas House of Representatives in the 1970s Hutchison, a prominent Dallas attorney, is the husband of State Treasurer (1991-1993) and U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, who has served since 1993. An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison usually known as Kay Bailey Hutchison (born July 22 1943) is the senior United States Senator from Clements won the November 1978 general election by narrowly defeating Democratic former Supreme Court Chief Justice John L. Hill. Clements polled 1,183,828 votes (49. 96 percent) to Hill's 1,166,919 ballots (49. 24 percent). The La Raza nominee, Mario C. La Raza (literally "The Race" is sometimes used to denote people of Chicano (i Compean, and two other minor candidates shared 18,942 ballots. Clements' margin over Hill was 16,909. Therefore, Clements fell just under a simple majority, making him another "minority governor. " The more liberal Hill, who had also once been the appointed secretary of state, had defeated Briscoe on the primary.
In winning, Clements ran 350,158 ballots behind the defeated 1972 GOP nominee, Henry Grover, because turnout was much lower in the 1978 off-year election than it had been during a presidential election. Henry Cushing “Hank” Grover ( April 1, 1927 &ndash November 28, 2005) was a conservative politician from the U The 1972 Texas governor's race was the last to coincide with a presidential election because when the terms went to four years, the gubernatorial elections were also set to coincide with the off years between presidential elections.
Clements ran for reelection in 1982, but he was defeated by Democratic Attorney General Mark White by more than 327,000 votes because of sagging economic indicators and weak support from minority voters, who customarily choose Democratic candidates. Mark Wells White (born March 17 1940) is an American lawyer who served as the forty-third Governor of Texas from 1983 - 1987 White received 1,697,870 (53. 2 percent) to Clements' 1,465,537 (45. 9 percent).
Staging the 1986 comeback
In between his two terms as governor, Clements was chairman of the board of trustees of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Southern Methodist University ("SMU" is a private, Coeducational University in University Park, Texas (an enclave He ran again in 1986 and won a contested GOP primary against Congressman Thomas Loeffler of New Braunfels, the seat of Comal County, and former Democratic turned Republican Congressman Kent Hance of Lubbock. Thomas Gilbert (Tom Loeffler (born August 1, 1946) is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from central New Braunfels ( is a city in Comal and Guadalupe counties in the U Comal County is a County located in the US state of Texas. In 2000 its population was 78021 Kent Ronald Hance (born November 14, 1942, in Dimmitt in Castro County, Texas) is a Lobbyist and Lawyer In the fall, Clements unseated Governor White, who was hurt by the unpopularity of the "no pass/no play" policy involving high school athletics. In gaining his second term, Clements polled 1,813,779 ballots (52. 7 percent) to White's 1,584,512 (46. 1 percent). Clements had turned the tables on White in a near mathematical reversal of the 1982 results.
Clements as governor
Clements' second term was marred by his admission, shortly after his election, that the SMU board had been aware and approved of continuing payments to athletes in violation of National Collegiate Athletic Association rules. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations
During his tenure, Clements worked to reduce crime, improve education, boost the Texas economy, and to foster better relations with Mexico, especially on issues important to the mutual borders, such as immigration and the drug war. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The War on Drugs is a prohibition campaign undertaken by the United States government with the assistance of participating countries intended to reduce the Illegal While Clements was governor, Charlie Brooks, Jr., was the first inmate ever to be executed by lethal injection (December 1982). Charles Brooks Jr ( September 1, 1942 &ndash December 7, 1982) was a convicted Murderer who was the first person executed Clements faced heavily Democratic state legislatures during his tenure. In 1979, the legislature overrode one of his vetoes, the last time that Texas lawmakers have completed an override. In 1980 Clements commuted the death sentence of Randall Dale Adams to life in prison. Randall Dale Adams (born 1949 is a man convicted of a Murder that he did not commit Adams, the subject of The Thin Blue Line, an Errol Morris documentary film, was exonerated in 1989 after serving 12 years in prison. The Thin Blue Line is a 1988 Documentary film concerning the November 28 1976 murder of Dallas police officer Robert W Errol Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American Academy Award winning Documentary film director
Clements finished his term, opted not to run for a third term as governor, and was succeeded in 1991 by Democratic state Treasurer Ann Richards (1933-2006). This article is about the American politician/teacher for the Australian-American actress see Ann Richards (actress.
Since leaving the governorship, Clements has lent considerable personal effort to support a variety of Republican candidates seeking office in Texas. He resides in Dallas with his second wife, Rita Crocker Clements, who was first lady of Texas during both of his administrations. She was subsequently appointed to the University of Texas Regents by Governor George W. Bush. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Clements is known for his ascerbic, energetic personality, which Democrats abhorred but Republicans tended to cheer. In 1993, he had supported the conservative Congressman Joe Barton in the special election for the U.S. Senate to succeed newly-resigned Democrat Lloyd Bentsen Barton lost out to Kay Bailey Hutchison. Joseph Linus "Joe" Barton (born September 15, 1949) is a Republican politician representing ( map in the U A by-election or bye-election (called special election in the United States) is an Election held to fill a political office that has become vacant The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr ( February 11 1921 – May 23 2006) was a four-term United States senator (1971 until 1993 from Texas Clements also supported the embattled Texas Supreme Court Justice Steven Smith, who was purged by Governor Rick Perry in the 2004 Republican primary. Stephen Smith, Steve Smith, or Steven Smith may refer to In sports: Steve Smith (Carolina Panthers, (b James Richard "Rick" Perry (born March 4, 1950) is a Republican Politician and the current Governor of Texas
Where as Governor Perry first endorsed former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York City for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, Bill Clements was as early as 2006 already raising funds for likely nominee, U. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government KBE Per, "Postnominal letters should be included when they are issued by a country or organization the subject has been closely associated with The City of New York S. Senator John McCain of Arizona. The State of Arizona ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. After Giuliani withdrew from the race, Perry joined Clements in endorsing McCain.
| Preceded by David Packard |
United States Deputy Secretary of Defense 1971-1977 |
Succeeded by Charles W. Duncan, Jr. |
| Preceded by Dolph Briscoe |
Governor of Texas 1979-1983 |
Succeeded by Mark White |
| Preceded by Mark White |
Governor of Texas 1987-1991 |
Succeeded by Ann Richards |
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