Clay Smothers
Though elected as a conservative Democrat , Smothers switched to Republican affiliation on December 17 , 1979 , near the end of the first year of the first administration of Bill Clements , first Republican governor of Texas since Reconstruction . 
<triplet> Republican <subj> Democrat <obj> opposite of <triplet> Bill Clements <subj> Republican <obj> member of political party <subj> governor of Texas <obj> position held