List of Governors of Texas
Governors of Texas

List of Governors of Texas

Section Title: Governors of Texas
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#	Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Prior office	Lt. Governor

1	-	James Pinckney Henderson March 31, 1808 - June 4, 1858 (Aged 50)	February 19, 1846 December 21, 1847	Democratic	1845	Minister to England and France Republic of Texas (1837-1840)	Albert Clinton Horton

2	-	George T. Wood March 12, 1795 - September 3, 1858 (Aged 63)	December 21, 1847 – December 21, 1849	Democratic	1847	Texas State Senator (1846-1847)	John Alexander Greer

3	-	Peter Hansborough Bell May 11, 1810 - March 8, 1898 (Aged 87)	December 21, 1849 – November 23, 1853	Democratic	1849	Lieutenant colonel of the Second Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers (1845-1949)

1851	James W. Henderson

4	-	James W. Henderson August 15, 1817 - August 30, 1880 (Aged 63)	November 23, 1853 – December 21, 1853	Democratic	3rd Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1851-1853)	Office vacant

5	-	Elisha M. Pease January 3, 1812 - August 26, 1883 (Aged 71)	December 21, 1853 – December 21, 1857	Unionist	1853	Texas State Senator (1849-1851)	David Catchings Dickson

1855	Hardin Richard Runnels

6	-	Hardin R. Runnels August 30, 1820 - December 25, 1873 (Aged 53)	December 21, 1857 – December 21, 1859	Democratic	1857	3rd Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1855-1857)	Francis Lubbock

7	-	Sam Houston March 2, 1793 - July 26, 1863 (Aged 70)	December 21, 1859 – March 16, 1861	Independent	1859	U.S. Senator from Texas (1846-1859)	Edward Clark

8	-	Edward Clark April 1, 1815 - May 4, 1880 (Aged 65)	March 16, 1861 – November 7, 1861	Democratic	7th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1859-1861)	Office vacant

9	-	Francis Lubbock October 16, 1815 - June 22, 1905 (Aged 89)	November 7, 1861 – November 5, 1863	Democratic	1861	6th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1857-1859)	John McClannahan Crockett

10	-	Pendleton Murrah 1824 or 1826 - August 4, 1865 (Aged about 40)	November 5, 1863 – June 17, 1865	Democratic	1863	Texas State Representative (1857)	Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale

FLETCHER STOCKDALE.PNG	Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale 1823 or 1825 - February 4, 1890 (Aged about 67)	June 11, 1865 – June 16, 1865	Military	9th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1863-1865)	Office vacant

11	-	Andrew Jackson Hamilton January 28, 1815 - April 11, 1875 (Aged 60)	June 16, 1865 – August 9, 1866	Democratic-Military	Texas State Senator-Elect (1861)

12	-	James W. Throckmorton February 1, 1825 - April 21, 1894 (Aged 69)	August 9, 1866 – August 8, 1867	Democratic	1866	Captain of the 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment Confederate Army (1861-1863)	George Washington Jones

13	-	Elisha M. Pease January 3, 1812 - August 26, 1883 (Aged 71)	August 8, 1867 – September 30, 1869	Republican	5th Governor of Texas (1853-1857)	Office vacant

14	-	Edmund J. Davis October 2, 1827 - February 7, 1883 (Aged 55)	January 8, 1870 – January 15, 1874	Republican	1869	Brigadier General of the First Texas Cavalry Regiment Union Army (1862-1865)

15	-	Richard Coke March 18, 1829 - May 14, 1897 (Aged 68)	January 15, 1874 – December 1, 1876	Democratic	1873	Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1866-1867)	Richard B. Hubbard

1876

16	-	Richard B. Hubbard November 1, 1832 - July 12, 1901 (Aged 68)	December 1, 1876 – January 21, 1879	Democratic	16th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1874-1876)	Office vacant

17	-	Oran Milo Roberts July 9, 1815 – May 19, 1898 (Aged 82)	January 21, 1879 – January 16, 1883	Democratic	1878	7th Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1874-1879)	Joseph D. Sayers

1880	Leonidas Jefferson Storey

18	-	John Ireland January 1, 1827 – March 15, 1896 (Aged 69)	January 16, 1883 – January 18, 1887	Democratic	1882	Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1875-1876)	Francis Marion Martin

1884	Barnett Gibbs

19	-	Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross September 27, 1838 – January 3, 1898 (Aged 59)	January 18, 1887 – January 20, 1891	Democratic	1886	Texas State Senator (1881-1883)	Thomas Benton Wheeler

1888

20	-	Jim Hogg March 24, 1851 – March 3, 1906 (Aged 54)	January 20, 1891 – January 15, 1895	Democratic	1890	21st Attorney General of Texas (1887-1891)	George Cassety Pendleton

1892	Martin McNulty Crane

21	-	Charles A. Culberson June 10, 1855 – March 19, 1925 (Aged 69)	January 15, 1895 – January 17, 1899	Democratic	1894	22nd Attorney General of Texas (1891-1895)	George Taylor Jester

1896

22	-	Joseph D. Sayers September 23, 1841 – May 15, 1929 (Aged 87)	January 17, 1899 – January 20, 1903	Democratic	1898	U.S. Representative for Texas' 9th district (1893-1899)	James Browning

1900

23	-	S. W. T. Lanham July 4, 1846 – July 29, 1908 (Aged 62)	January 20, 1903 – January 15, 1907	Democratic	1902	U.S. Representative for Texas' 8th district (1897-1903)	George D. Neal

1904

24	-	Thomas Mitchell Campbell April 22, 1856 – April 1, 1923 (Aged 66)	January 15, 1907 – January 17, 1911	Democratic	1906	General Manager of the Railroad (1892-1897)	Asbury Bascom Davidson

1908

25	-	Oscar Branch Colquitt December 16, 1861 – March 8, 1940 (Aged 78)	January 17, 1911 – January 19, 1915	Democratic	1910	Texas Railroad Commissioner (1903-1911)

1912	William Harding Mayes

26	-	James E. "Pa" Ferguson August 31, 1871 – September 21, 1944 (Aged 73)	January 19, 1915 – August 25, 1917	Democratic	1914	Local banker (since 1906)	William P. Hobby

1916

27	-	William P. Hobby March 26, 1878 – June 7, 1964 (Aged 86)	August 25, 1917 – January 18, 1921	Democratic	24th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1915-1917)	Office vacant

1918	Willard Arnold Johnson

28	-	Pat Morris Neff November 26, 1871 – January 20, 1952 (Aged 80)	January 18, 1921 – January 20, 1925	Democratic	1920	Texas State Representative (1899-1903)	Lynch Davidson

1922	Thomas Whitfield Davidson

29	-	Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson June 13, 1875 – June 25, 1961 (Aged 86)	January 20, 1925 – January 18, 1927	Democratic	1924	First Lady of Texas (1915–1917)	Barry Miller

30	-	Dan Moody June 1, 1893 – May 22, 1966 (Aged 72)	January 18, 1927 – January 20, 1931	Democratic	1926	32nd Attorney General of Texas (1931–1935)

1928

31	-	Ross S. Sterling February 11, 1875 – March 25, 1949 (Aged 74)	January 20, 1931 – January 17, 1933	Democratic	1930	Chairman of the Texas Highway Commission (1930)	Edgar E. Witt

32	-	Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson June 13, 1875 – June 25, 1961 (Aged 86)	January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1935	Democratic	1932	29th Governor of Texas (1925-1927)

33	-	James Allred March 29, 1899 – September 24, 1959 (Aged 60)	January 15, 1935 – January 17, 1939	Democratic	1934	35th Attorney General of Texas (1931–1935)	Walter Frank Woodul

1936

34	-	Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel March 11, 1890 – May 11, 1969 (Aged 79)	January 17, 1939 – August 4, 1941	Democratic	1938	President of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce (1933-1934)	Coke R. Stevenson

1940

35	-	Coke R. Stevenson March 20, 1888 – June 28, 1975 (Aged 87)	August 4, 1941 – January 21, 1947	Democratic	31st Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1939-1941)	Office vacant

1942	John Lee Smith

1944

36	-	Beauford H. Jester January 12, 1893 – July 11, 1949 (Aged 56)	January 21, 1947 – July 11, 1949	Democratic	1946	Member of the Texas Railroad Commission (1943-1947)	Allan Shivers

1948

37	-	Allan Shivers October 5, 1907 – January 14, 1985 (Aged 77)	July 11, 1949 – January 15, 1957	Democratic	33rd Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1947-1949)	Office vacant

1950	Ben Ramsey

1952

1954

38	-	Price Daniel October 10, 1910 – August 25, 1988 (Aged 77)	January 15, 1957 – January 15, 1963	Democratic	1956	U.S. Senator from Texas (1953-1957)

1958

1960

Office vacant

39	-	John Connally February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993 (Aged 76)	January 15, 1963 – January 21, 1969	Democratic	1962	56th United States Secretary of the Navy (1961)	Preston Smith

1964

1966

40	-	Preston Smith March 8, 1912 – October 18, 2003 (Aged 91)	January 21, 1969 – January 16, 1973	Democratic	1968	35th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1963-1969)	Ben Barnes

1970

41	-	Dolph Briscoe April 23, 1923 – June 27, 2010 (Aged 87)	January 16, 1973 – January 16, 1979	Democratic	1972	Texas State Representative (1949-1957)	William P. Hobby Jr.

1974

42	-	Bill Clements April 13, 1917 – May 29, 2011 (Aged 94)	January 16, 1979 – January 18, 1983	Republican	1978	15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (1973-1977)

43	-	Mark White March 17, 1940 – August 5, 2017 (Aged 77)	January 18, 1983 – January 20, 1987	Democratic	1982	46th Attorney General of Texas (1979-1983)

44	-	Bill Clements April 13, 1917 – May 29, 2011 (Aged 94)	January 20, 1987 – January 15, 1991	Republican	1986	42nd Governor of Texas (1979-1983)

45	-	Ann Richards September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006 (Aged 73)	January 15, 1991 – January 17, 1995	Democratic	1990	Treasurer of Texas (1983-1991)	Bob Bullock

46	-	George W. Bush July 6, 1946 (Age 72)	January 17, 1995 – December 21, 2000	Republican	1994	Managing General Partner of the Texas Rangers (1989-1994)

1998	Rick Perry

47	-	Rick Perry March 4, 1950 (Age 69)	December 21, 2000 – January 20, 2015	Republican	39th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1999-2000)	Bill Ratliff

2002	David Dewhurst

2006

2010

48	-	Greg Abbott November 13, 1957 (Age 61)	January 20, 2015 – Incumbent	Republican	2014	50th Attorney General of Texas (2002-2015)	Dan Patrick

2018

Sentence(s)

Preston Earnest Smith (March 7, 1912 – October 18, 2003) was the 40th Governor of Texas from 1969 to 1973, who previously served as the lieutenant governor from 1963 to 1969.

final_sentence: Preston Earnest Smith (March 7, 1912 – October 18, 2003) was the 40th Governor of Texas from 1969 to 1973, who previously served as the lieutenant governor from 1963 to 1969.