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 top

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 top

House District 87
Jan 8, 1907 - Jan 12, 1909
Legislatures: 30th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Goldthwaite / Mills
Counties in district: Hamilton, Mills
House District 94
Jan 8, 1901 - Jan 13, 1903
Legislatures: 27th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Goldthwaite / Mills
Counties in district: Concho, McCulloch, Mills, San Saba
House District 94
Jan 10, 1899 - Jan 8, 1901
Legislatures: 26th  
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Goldthwaite / Mills
Counties in district: Concho, McCulloch, Mills, San Saba

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Biographical Sketches

Other Resources

  • "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, 1890-1976.
  • 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.

Photographs

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

30th R.S. - 1907
Appropriations  
Banks and Banking  
Counties  
Public Lands and Land Office  
27th R.S. - 1901
Claims and Accounts (Chair) 
Constitutional Amendments  
Finance  
Insurance, Statistics and History  
26th R.S. - 1899
Claims and Accounts  
Constitutional Amendments  
Insurance, Statistics, and History  
Military Affairs  
Revenue and Taxation  
State Asylums  

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