Hobby was elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1914 and after James Edward Ferguson was removed from office in 1917, he became the youngest governor in the history of the state up to that point.
После отстранения от должности губернатора Джеймса Эдварда Фергюсона в 1917 году, Хобби стал самым молодым губернатором в истории штата Техас.