Bill Clements

American businessman, politician and former Governor of Texas (1917-2011) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 94

William Perry Clements Jr. was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served two nonconsecutive terms as the governor of Texas between 1979 and 1991.

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Deputy Secretary of Defense Bill Clements met with Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General George S. Brown, and Air Force Chief of Staff General David C. Jones at the White House in January 1975.

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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.

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