Philip Hathaway Clements

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

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	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

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

42nd Legislature, 3rd C.S., 9/1/1932, p. 35. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, Phil H. Clements, Volume V, pp. 2545-2546. A History of Texas and Texans, 1914.
Biographical sketch, Phil. H. Clements, pp. 196-197. Born 2/8/1854 in Lebanon, Indiana. The Twenty-Seventh Legislature and State Administration of Texas, 1901.

Other Resources

"Former Solon Now Doorkeeper," 1/30/1931, p. 3. Clements begins his fifth term as House doorkeeper. Denton Record-Chronicle.
Philip Hathaway Clements, birth date 2/8/1854 in Indiana, death date 8/17/1932 in Mills County, Texas. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Philip H. Clements (1854-1932), burial in Goldthwaite Memorial Cemetery, Mills County, with spouse Mary Emma Clements. Includes biographical sketch. 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

Photograph. Phil H. Clements, 30th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. P.H. Clements, 27th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Phil H. Clements, 26th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

26th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
27th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
30th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

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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