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Former (TX) Gov. Bill Clements dies at 94
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| Contributor | Ashley |
| Last Edited | Ashley May 29, 2011 09:30pm |
| Category | Obituary |
| News Date | May 29, 2011 06:10pm |
| Description | Gov. Bill Clements, a Republican whose election to the Texas statehouse in 1978 broke a century of Democratic dominance, died of natural causes Sunday in Dallas. He was 94.
Clements, a multimillionaire oil executive who supported his family during the 1930s by learning the driller’s trade in the oil fields of South Texas, was the Lone Star state’s first GOP governor since Reconstruction. He would serve two terms in the governor’s office.
Despite his estimated $30 million fortune, Clements in 1994 told the Austin American Statesman he was a “child of the Depression” who “learned to appreciate hard work,” an outlook that broadened his appeal to voters in then blue-state Texas. |
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