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Phil H. Clements

Philip Hathaway Clements

Full Name: Philip Hathaway "Phil" Clements
Date of birth: February 8, 1854
Date of death: August 17, 1932

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 87 Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909 30th   Democrat Goldthwaite / Mills   Hamilton, Mills
H 94 Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903 27th   Democrat Goldthwaite / Mills   Concho, McCulloch, Mills, San Saba
H 94 Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901 26th   Democrat Goldthwaite / Mills   Concho, McCulloch, Mills, San Saba

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
30th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Goldthwaite / Mills
Counties in district:
Hamilton, Mills

Legislatures:
27th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Goldthwaite / Mills
Counties in district:
Concho, McCulloch, Mills, San Saba

Legislatures:
26th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Goldthwaite / Mills
Counties in district:
Concho, McCulloch, Mills, San Saba

Biographical Information

  • "Former Solon Now Doorkeeper," 1/30/1931, p. 3. Phil Clements of Goldthwaite, former state representative, began his fifth term as House doorkeeper and was known as "Father of Mills County." Denton Record-Chronicle.
  • Philip Hathaway Clements, birth date 2/8/1854 in Indiana; death date 8/17/1932 in Mills County, Texas; retired. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Philip H. Clements (1854-1932), burial in Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery, Mills County, with spouse Mary Emma Clements. Find a Grave.
  • Mentioned in "Moody Promises Progressive Era," 1/16/1929. Galveston Daily News.
  • Mentioned in "Nature-Loving Galvestonians May Now See Bluebonnets in Profusion on Texas Trails; How It Became State Flower," 4/11/1941, p. 9. Galveston Daily News.
  • Account of meeting with Congressman Joseph Weldon Bailey, The Bailey Controversy in Texas, with lessons from The Political Life-Story of a Fallen Idol, pp. 150-151. Google Books.
  • Quoted in "Great Floods in Texas," 9/25/1900. New York Times.
  • Mentioned in "Blue-Bonnet as State Flower Twenty-Three Years Old Today," 3/5/1924, p. 9. San Antonio Express.
  • Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News.
  • Phil H. Clements, first County Clerk, included in 1890 photo of "The First and Second Term Officials of Mills County." TXGenWeb Project.

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