Clements, William P., 1917-2011
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Clements, Bill, 1917-2011
Clements, William Perry, 1917-2011
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- Affiliation Start: 1979
- Affiliation End: 1983
- Organization: Texas. Governor
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- Affiliation Start: 1987
- Affiliation End: 1991
- Organization: Texas. Governor
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Engineers
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Ranchers
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found: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Nominations of Elliot I. Richardson and William P. Clements, 1973.
found: Phone call to Texas St. Pub. Clearinghouse, 11/28/94(W.P. Clements elected governor of Texas 11/78 for 4 year term beginning 2nd Tues. in Jan. 1979 and ending in 1983; defeated by Mark White in 11/82; elected governor of Texas 11/86 for 4 year term to begin 1/13/87; did not seek re-election; term ended 2nd Tues. in Jan. 1991)
found: Bill Clements, Texian to his toenails, 1996:galley (William P. Clements Jr.)
found: Houston chronicle, May 30, 2011(b. April 13, 1917, in the wealthy Dallas suburb of Highland Park, d. Sunday [May 29, 2011], in Dallas)
found: Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Portraits of Texas Governors web page, May 27, 2016:(William P. Clements; retired from public life and made his home in Dallas; operated two ranches in Forney and Kaufman; raised black Brangus cattle)
found: Handbook of Texas Online, May 31, 2016:(William Perry "Bill" Clements; attended Southern Methodist University, where he played football and studied engineering; served in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during WWII; in 1947, helped found Southeastern Drilling Co. (SEDCO); deputy secretary of Dept. of Defense, 1973-1977; in 1996, he established the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies at Southern Methodist University)
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1979-08-31: new
2023-09-09: revised
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