# List of secretaries of state of Texas

The following is a list of secretaries of state of Texas for both the Republic of Texas and the State of Texas.

## Secretaries of state of the Republic of Texas (1836–1846)

| Name | Term | Appointed by |
| Samuel Price Carson | March 18, 1836 – April 29, 1836 | David G. Burnet |
| James Collinsworth | April 29, 1836 – May 23, 1836 | David G. Burnet |
| William Houston Jack | May 23, 1836 – October 22, 1836 | David G. Burnet |
| Stephen F. Austin | October 22, 1836 – December 27, 1836 | Sam Houston |
| James Pinckney Henderson | 1837 | Sam Houston |
| Robert Anderson Irion | 1837–1838 | Sam Houston |
| T. H. Bowman | 1838 | Sam Houston |
| Barnard E. Bee Sr. | December 16, 1838 – February 6, 1839 | Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| James Webb | February 6, 1839 – May 31, 1839 | Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| David G. Burnet (acting) | May 31, 1839 – July 23, 1839 | Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| Nathaniel Amory (acting) | July 23, 1839 – August 5, 1839 | Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| David G. Burnet (acting) | August 5, 1839 – January 31, 1840 | Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| Abner Smith Lipscomb | January 31, 1840 – January 22, 1841 | Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| Joseph Waples (acting) | January 23, 1841 – February 8, 1841 | Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| James S. Mayfield (acting) | February 8, 1841 – April 30, 1841 | Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| Joseph Waples | April 30, 1841 – May 25, 1841 | Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| Samuel A. Roberts (acting) | May 25, 1841 – December 13, 1841 | Mirabeau B. Lamar |
| Anson Jones | December 13, 1841 – December 10, 1844 | Sam Houston |
| Ebenezer Allen | December 10, 1844 – February 5, 1845 | Anson Jones |
| Ashbel Smith | February 5, 1845 – March 31, 1845 | Anson Jones |
| Ebenezer Allen | March 31, 1845 – February 19, 1846 | Anson Jones |

## Secretaries of state of the State of Texas (1846–present)

| Name | Term | Appointed by |
| Charles Mariner | February 20, 1846 – May 4, 1846 | James Pinckney Henderson |
| David G. Burnet | May 4, 1846 – January 1, 1848 | James Pinckney Henderson |
| Washington D. Miller | January 1, 1848 – January 2, 1850 | George Tyler Wood |
| James Webb | January 2, 1850 – November 14, 1851 | Peter Hansborough Bell |
| Thomas H. Duval | November 14, 1851 – December 22, 1853 | Peter Hansborough Bell |
| Edward Clark | December 22, 1853 – December 21, 1857 | Elisha M. Pease |
| Thomas Scott Anderson | December 22, 1857 – December 27, 1859 | Hardin Richard Runnels |
| Eber Worthington Cave | December 27, 1859 – March 16, 1861 | Sam Houston |
| Bird Holland | March 16, 1861 – November 7, 1861 | Edward Clark |
| Charles S. West | November 7, 1861 – September, 1862 | Francis Lubbock |
| Robert J. Townes | September, 1862 – May 2, 1865 | Pendleton Murrah |
| Charles R. Pryor | May 2, 1865 – August 9, 1865 | Pendleton Murrah |
| James H. Bell | August 9, 1865 – August, 1866 | James W. Throckmorton |
| John A. Green | August, 1866 – August 8, 1867 | James W. Throckmorton |
| D. W. C. Phillips | August 8, 1867 – January 1, 1870 | Pendleton Murrah |
| James Pearson Newcomb | January 1, 1870 – January 17, 1874 | Edmund J. Davis |
| George W. Clark | January 17, 1874 – January 27, 1874 | Richard Coke |
| Alfred Wesley DeBerry | January 27, 1874 – December 7, 1876 | Richard Coke |
| A. J. Searcy | December 7, 1876 – January 23, 1879 | Richard B. Hubbard |
| John D. Templeton | January 23, 1879 – January 22, 1881 | Oran Milo Roberts |
| Thorton Hardie Bowman | January 22, 1881 – January 18, 1883 | Oran Milo Roberts |
| Joseph Wilson Baines | January 18, 1883 – January 21, 1887 | John Ireland |
| John Marks Moore | January 21, 1887 – January 22, 1891 | Sul Ross |
| George W. Smith | January 22, 1891 – January 17, 1895 | Jim Hogg |
| Allison Mayfield | January 18, 1895 – January 5, 1897 | Charles Allen Culberson |
| J. W. Madden | January 5, 1897 – January 18, 1899 | Charles Allen Culberson |
| D. H. Hardy | January 19, 1899 – January 19, 1901 | Joseph D. Sayers |
| John G. Tod | January 19, 1901 – January 20, 1903 | Joseph D. Sayers |
| J. R. Curl | January 20, 1903 – April, 1905 | S. W. T. Lanham |
| O. K. Shannon | April, 1905 – January 19, 1907 | S. W. T. Lanham |
| L. Travis Dashiell | January 19, 1907 – February, 1908 | Thomas Mitchell Campbell |
| William Richardson Davie | February, 1908 – January 19, 1909 | Thomas Mitchell Campbell |
| W. B. Townsend | January 19, 1909 – January 19, 1911 | Thomas Mitchell Campbell |
| C. C. McDonald | January 19, 1911 – December, 1912 | Oscar Branch Colquitt |
| John Tibaut Bowman | December, 1912 – January, 1913 | Oscar Branch Colquitt |
| John L. Wortham | January, 1913 – June, 1913 | Oscar Branch Colquitt |
| Ferdinand C. Weinert | June, 1913 – November, 1914 | Oscar Branch Colquitt |
| D. A. Gregg | November, 1914 – January, 1915 | Oscar Branch Colquitt |
| John G. McKay | January, 1915 – December, 1916 | James E. Ferguson |
| C. J. Bartlett | December, 1916 – November, 1917 | William P. Hobby |
| George F. Howard | November, 1917 – November, 1920 | William P. Hobby |
| Charles D. Mims | November, 1920 – January 19, 1921 | William P. Hobby |
| S. L. Staples | January 19, 1921 – August, 1924 | Pat Morris Neff |
| J. D. Strickland | September, 1924 – January 1, 1925 | Pat Morris Neff |
| Henry Hutchings | January 1, 1925 – January 20, 1925 | Pat Morris Neff |
| Emma Grigsby Meharg | January 20, 1925 – January 17, 1927 | Miriam A. Ferguson |
| Jane Y. McCallum | January 17, 1927 – January 17, 1933 | Dan Moody |
| W. W. Heath | January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1935 | Miriam A. Ferguson |
| Gerald Mann | January 15, 1935 – August 31, 1935 | James V. Allred |
| R. B. Stanford | August 31, 1935 – August, 1936 | James V. Allred |
| Boles P. Matocha | August, 1936 – January 17, 1937 | James V. Allred |
| Edward A. Clark | January 17, 1937 – January 17, 1939 | James V. Allred |
| Tom Beauchamp | January 17, 1939 – October, 1939 | W. Lee O'Daniel |
| M. O. Flowers | October, 1939 – January, 1941 | W. Lee O'Daniel |
| William J. Lawson | January, 1941 – January, 1943 | Coke R. Stevenson |
| Sidney Latham | January, 1943 – February, 1945 | Coke R. Stevenson |
| Claude M. Isbell | February, 1945 – January 21, 1947 | Coke R. Stevenson |
| Paul H. Brown | January 21, 1947 – January 19, 1949 | Beauford H. Jester |
| Ben Ramsey | January 19, 1949 – February 9, 1950 | Beauford H. Jester |
| John Ben Shepperd | February 9, 1950 – April 30, 1952 | Allan Shivers |
| Andrew Jackson Ross | April 30, 1952 – January 9, 1953 | Allan Shivers |
| Howard A. Carney | January 9, 1953 – May 1, 1954 | Allan Shivers |
| C. E. Fulgham | May 1, 1954 – January 21, 1955 | Allan Shivers |
| Al Muldrow | January 21, 1955 – November 1, 1955 | Allan Shivers |
| Thomas Morrow Reavley | November 1, 1955 – January 16, 1957 | Allan Shivers |
| Zollie Steakley | January 16, 1957 – January 2, 1962 | Price Daniel |
| P. Frank Lake | January 2, 1962 – January 15, 1963 | Price Daniel |
| Crawford Martin | January 15, 1963 – March 12, 1966 | John Connally |
| John Hill | March 12, 1966 – January 22, 1968 | John Connally |
| Roy R. Barrera Sr. | March 7, 1968 – January 23, 1969 | John Connally |
| Martin Dies Jr. | January 23, 1969 – September 1, 1971 | Preston Smith |
| Bob Bullock | September 1, 1971 – January 2, 1973 | Preston Smith |
| V. Larry Teaver Jr. | January 2–19, 1973 | Preston Smith |
| Mark White | January 19, 1973 – October 27, 1977 | Dolph Briscoe |
| Steven C. Oaks | October 27, 1977 – January 16, 1979 | Dolph Briscoe |
| George Strake Jr. | January 16, 1979 – October 6, 1981 | Bill Clements |
| David Dean | October 22, 1981 – January 18, 1983 | Bill Clements |
| John Fainter | January 18, 1983 – July 31, 1984 | Mark White |
| Myra McDaniel | September 6, 1984 – January 26, 1987 | Mark White |
| Jack Rains | January 26, 1987 – June 15, 1989 | Bill Clements |
| George Bayoud | June 15, 1989 – January 15, 1991 | Bill Clements |
| John H. Hannah Jr. | April 15, 1991 – March, 1994 | Ann Richards |
| Ron Kirk | April 4, 1994 – January 17, 1995 | Ann Richards |
| Tony Garza | January 17, 1995 – December 31, 1997 | George W. Bush |
| Alberto Gonzales | January 1, 1998 – January 3, 1999 | George W. Bush |
| Elton Bomer | January 11, 1999 – December 31, 2000 | George W. Bush |
| Henry Cuellar | January 2, 2001 – October 5, 2001 | Rick Perry |
| Geoff Connor acting | October 5, 2001 – January 7, 2002 | Rick Perry |
| Gwyn Shea | January 7, 2002 – August 4, 2003 | Rick Perry |
| Geoff Connor | September 26, 2003 – December, 2004 | Rick Perry |
| Roger Williams | January, 2005 – July 1, 2007 | Rick Perry |
| Phil Wilson | July 1, 2007 – July 6, 2008 | Rick Perry |
| Esperanza Andrade | July 23, 2008 – November 23, 2012 | Rick Perry |
| John Steen | November 27, 2012 – 2013 | Rick Perry |
| Nandita Berry | January 7, 2014 – January 20, 2015 | Rick Perry |
| Carlos Cascos | January 21, 2015 – January 6, 2017 | Greg Abbott |
| Rolando Pablos | January 6, 2017 – December 15, 2018 | Greg Abbott |
| David Whitley | December 17, 2018 – May 27, 2019 | Greg Abbott |
| Ruth R. Hughs | August 19, 2019 – May 31, 2021 | Greg Abbott |
| John B. Scott | October 21, 2021 – December 31, 2022 | Greg Abbott |
| Jane Nelson | January 5, 2023 – Present | Greg Abbott |