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Bill Clements (footballer)
Bill Clements (1917–2011) was Governor of Texas. William Clements may also refer to: * William Clements (Baltimore MP) (1733–1770), Irish politician, MP for Baltimore 1761–1768 *Bill Clements (American football), American football player and coach * Bill Clements (Australian footballer) (1933–2025), Australian rules footballer *William Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim William Sydney Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim (15 October 1806 – 2 April 1878), was an Anglo-Irish nobleman and landlord notorious in Irish history for his mistreatment of his tenants. He was assassinated in the north of County Donegal in Irelan ... (1806–1878), Anglo-Irish nobleman *William L. Clements (1861–1934), American book and manuscript collector *William Clements High School in Texas, established in 1983 See also *William Clemens (other) *William Clement (other) * {{hndis, Clements, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Clements
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 lose his campaign for reelection in 1986. When Clements was first sworn in 1979, he became the first Republican to have served as governor of Texas since Reconstruction. When Clements left office for good at the end of his second term in 1991, his eight years in office were the most served by any Texas governor until Rick Perry surpassed his total in 2009. Clements was the first governor to be elected to multiple terms since Texas changed its constitution in 1972 to extend its governor's term of office to four years. Since then, George W. Bush, Rick Perry, and Greg Abbott, also Republicans, have all won multiple terms. Before he became Governo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
