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Bill Clements

1917 - 2011

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Bill Clements is the 18,482nd most popular politician (down from 17,889th in 2024), the 15,049th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,646th in 2019) and the 1,187th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Bill Clements ranks 18,482 out of 19,576. Before him are Ahmed Patel, Zbigniew Ziobro, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Josefina Vázquez Mota, Mariusz Błaszczak, and Mirela Kumbaro. After him are Taro Yamamoto, Sybrand van Haersma Buma, Carl Hayden, Ska Keller, Ghulam Nabi Azad, and Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Bill Clements ranks 350. Before him are Graham Higman, Ken Downing, Buddy Jeannette, Kay Aldridge, Virginia Field, and Cahal Daly. After him are Claudia McNeil, Lorna Gray, Ruth Park, Lucille Bremer, Terry Sanford, and Googie Withers. Among people deceased in 2011, Bill Clements ranks 501. Before him are David Kato, Poly Styrene, Don Kirshner, Len Lesser, Russell Hoban, and Dan Wheldon. After him are Phoebe Snow, Josef Vašíček, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Gary Winick, Samuel Wanjiru, and Hana Andronikova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Clements ranks 15,054 out of 20,380. Before him are Conrad Richter (1890), Junkyard Dog (1952), Dean Devlin (1962), Bonnie Somerville (1974), Eric Allman (1955), and Steven Hawley (1951). After him are David Gallagher (1985), Blackbear (1990), David Herman (1967), Amanda Wyss (1960), Desmond Bane (1998), and Heidi Fleiss (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Bill Clements ranks 1,187. Before him are Christopher C. Miller (1965), Edward Bates (1793), Richard Burr (1955), Newton Booth (1825), Brock Adams (1927), and Clement Comer Clay (1789). After him are Carl Hayden (1877), Jerry Moran (1954), George W. Norris (1861), Sheldon Whitehouse (1955), Barney Frank (1940), and Phil Bredesen (1943).

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