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Bill Clements
42nd and 44th Governor of Texas
Term of office: January 16, 1979 – January 18, 1983 January 20, 1987 – January 15, 1991
Lieutenant Governor:	William P. Hobby, Jr. Bob Bullock
Predecessor:	Dolph Briscoe Mark White
Successor:	Mark White Ann Richards
Born:	April 17, 1917 Dallas, Texas
Political party:	Republican
Profession:	Oil driller

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. He was governor for two nonconsecutive terms from 1979-1983 and 1987-1991. Fmr. ... In politics, Governor of Texas is the title given to the chief executive of the state of Texas. ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 15 is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lieutenant Governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in state government. ... William P. Hobby, Jr. ... Texas Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock Bob Bullock (July 10, 1929 - June 18, 1999) was an American politician from Texas. ... Dolph Briscoe (born April 23, 1923) was an American politician and businessman and former governor of Texas. ... Mark White Mark White is an American, lawyer and former Governor of Texas. ... Mark White Mark White is an American, lawyer and former Governor of Texas. ... Dorothy Ann Willis Richards (September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician and teacher from Texas. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... · · Nickname: Big D Location in the state of Texas Country United States State Texas Counties Dallas, Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall Mayor Laura Miller Area    - City 997. ... // The Republican Party (often referred to as the GOP, for Grand Old Party) is one of the two major political organizations in the United States two party system; the Democratic Party is the other. ... April 17 is the 107th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (108th in leap years). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... // The Republican Party (often referred to as the GOP, for Grand Old Party) is one of the two major political organizations in the United States two party system; the Democratic Party is the other. ... Are you kidding?, this is solid truth here, nothing escapes the eyes of Gov!!!, not even. ... United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 268,581 sq mi (695,622 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... // Reconstruction was a period in United States history, 1865–1877, that resolved the issues of the American Civil War when both the Confederacy and its system of slavery were destroyed. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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). · · Nickname: Big D Location in the state of Texas Country United States State Texas Counties Dallas, Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall Mayor Laura Miller Area    - City 997. ... The United States Deputy Secretary of Defense is the second-highest ranking official in the United States Department of Defense. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932, Evanston, Illinois) is the 21st and current United States Secretary of Defense. ...

Texas' first GOP governor since Reconstruction

In 1979, Clements succeeded Democrat Dolph Briscoe of Uvalde, located west of San Antonio, to become governor. 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. 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. 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. 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. This page refers to the year 1979. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... Dolph Briscoe (born April 23, 1923) was an American politician and businessman and former governor of Texas. ... Uvalde is a city located in Uvalde County, Texas. ... San Antonio (the Spanish name of Saint Anthony) is a common toponym in parts of the world where the Spanish language is or was spoken: Argentina San Antonio, Jujuy province Belize San Antonio, Cayo District Chile San Antonio Mexico San Antonio, San Luis Potosí Philippines San Antonio, Quezon San Antonio... Ray Hutchison is a prominent Dallas, Texas, attorney, who served in the state House of Representatives in the 1970s and is married to the states senior Republican senator, Kay Bailey Hutchison. ... Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison, usually known as Kay Bailey Hutchison (born July 22, 1943, in Galveston, Texas), is the senior United States Senator from Texas. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... // Meaning La Raza means literally in Spanish the race. ...

In winning, Clements ran 350,158 ballots behind the defeated 1972 GOP nominee, Henry C. Grover, because turnout was much lower in the 1978 off-year election than it had been during a presidential election. 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. Henry Cushing Hank Grover was a conservative politician for the U.S. state of Texas best known for his narrow defeat as the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1972. ...

Clements ran for reelection in 1982, but he was defeated by Democratic Attorney General Mark White by more than 200,000 votes because of sagging economic indicators and weak support from minority voters, who customarily choose Democratic candidates. White received 1,697,870 (53.2 percent) to Clements' 1,465,537 (45.9 percent). 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mark White Mark White is an American, lawyer and former Governor of Texas. ...

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. He ran again in 1986 and won a contested GOP primary against Congressman Thomas Loeffler of New Branunfels, the seat of Comal County, and former Democratic turned Republican Congressman Kent Hance of Lubbock. 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. Dallas Hall at Dedman College at SMU The Laura Lee Blanton Hall during a rare snow Southern Methodist University (also known as SMU) is a private, coeducational university in University Park, Texas, (an enclave of Dallas). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Motto: friendship Location Government County Comal County Founded 1845 Mayor Bruce Boyer Geographical characteristics Area    - City 76. ... Comal County is a county located in the state of Texas. ... Kent Ronald Hance (born November 14, 1942 in Dimmitt, Texas) is a lobbyist and lawyer who was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from west Texas, having served from 1979 to 1985. ... Lubbock is a city located in Lubbock County, in the north west of the state of Texas, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 199,564. ...

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 NCAA rules. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ...

During his tenure, Clements worked to reduce crime, improve education and the state's economy and worked to improve local relations with Mexico, especially on issues important to their mutual borders, like immigration and the drug war. While Clements was governor, Charlie Brooks, Jr., was the first inmate ever to be executed by lethal injection (December 1982). 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. The prohibition of drugs through legislation or religious law is a common means of controlling the perceived negative consequences of recreational drug use at a society- or world-wide level. ... Brooks mugshot Charles Brooks Jr. ... Lethal injection involves injecting a person with fatal doses of drugs to cause death. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Clements finished his term, opted not to run for a third term as governor, and was succeeded in 1991 by Democratic state Treasurer Dorothy Ann Willis Richards (1933-2006). 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dorothy Ann Willis Richards (September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician and teacher from Texas. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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. 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 Millard Bentsen, Jr. Barton lost out to Kay Bailey Hutchison. Clements also supported the embattled Texas Supreme Court Justice Steven Smith, who was purged by Governor Richard "Rick" Perry in the 2004 Republican primary. In 2006, Clements was raising funds for prospective 2008 presidential candidate, U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona. George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... Joe Linus Barton (born September 15, 1949, in Waco, Texas) is a Republican, representing the Texas Sixth Congressional District (map) in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985. ... A by-election or bye-election is a special election held to fill a political office when the incumbent has died or resigned. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. ... Several persons have been called Steven Smith or Stephen Smith, which both may be familiarised to Steve Smith: Professor Steve Smith (academic) British academic. ... James Richard Rick Perry (b. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For McCains grandfather and father, see John S. McCain, Sr. ... Official language(s) English Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Area  Ranked 6th  - Total 113,998 sq mi (295,254 km²)  - Width 310 miles (500 km)  - Length 400 miles (645 km)  - % water 0. ...

Governors of Texas

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