List of Governors of Texas

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Governor
Governor.1
Governor.2
Term in office
Party
Election
Prior office
Lt. Governor
Lt. Governor.1

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cells: 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
cells: 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
cells: 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)
cells: 1851 [15]
James W. Henderson [16]
cells: 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
Office vacant
cells: 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
cells: 1855
Hardin Richard Runnels
cells: 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
cells: 7
Sam Houston March 2, 1793 - July 26, 1863 (Aged 70)
December 21, 1859 – March 16, 1861
Independent
1859 [17]
U.S. Senator from Texas (1846-1859)
Edward Clark [16]
cells: 8
Edward Clark April 1, 1815 - May 4, 1880 (Aged 65)
March 18, 1861 – November 7, 1861
Democratic
7th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1859-1861)
Office vacant
Office vacant
cells: 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
cells: 10
Pendleton Murrah 1824 or 1826 - August 4, 1865 (Aged about 40)
November 5, 1863 – June 17, 1865
Democratic
1863 [18]
Texas State Representative (1857)
Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale [19]
cells: -
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
Office vacant
cells: 11
Andrew Jackson Hamilton January 28, 1815 - April 11, 1875 (Aged 60)
June 16, 1865 – August 9, 1866 [20]
Democratic-Military
Texas State Senator-Elect (1861)
cells: 12
James W. Throckmorton February 1, 1825 - April 21, 1894 (Aged 69)
August 9, 1866 – August 8, 1867
Democratic
1866 [21]
Captain of the 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment Confederate Army (1861-1863)
George Washington Jones
cells: 13
Elisha M. Pease January 3, 1812 - August 26, 1883 (Aged 71)
August 8, 1867 – September 30, 1869 [21][22]
Republican
5th Governor of Texas (1853-1857)
Office vacant
Office vacant
cells: 14
Edmund J. Davis October 2, 1827 - February 7, 1883 (Aged 55)
January 8, 1870 – January 15, 1874
Republican
1869 [23]
Brigadier General of the First Texas Cavalry Regiment Union Army (1862-1865)
cells: 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 [16]
cells: 1876 [24]
cells: 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
Office vacant
cells: 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
cells: 1880
Leonidas Jefferson Storey
cells: 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
cells: 1884
Barnett Gibbs
cells: 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
cells: 1888
cells: 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
cells: 1892
Martin McNulty Crane
cells: 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
cells: 1896
cells: 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
cells: 1900
cells: 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
cells: 1904
cells: 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
cells: 1908
cells: 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)
cells: 1912
William Harding Mayes
cells: 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 [25]
cells: 1916 [26]
cells: 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
Office vacant
cells: 1918
Willard Arnold Johnson
cells: 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
cells: 1922
Thomas Whitfield Davidson
cells: 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
cells: 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)
cells: 1928
cells: 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
cells: 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)
cells: 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
cells: 1936
cells: 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 [25]
cells: 1940 [27]
cells: 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
Office vacant
cells: 1942
John Lee Smith
cells: 1944
cells: 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 [25]
cells: 1948 [28]
cells: 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
Office vacant
cells: 1950
Ben Ramsey
cells: 1952
cells: 1954
cells: 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)
cells: 1958
cells: 1960
cells: Office vacant
Office vacant
cells: 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
cells: 1964
cells: 1966
cells: 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
cells: 1970
cells: 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.
cells: 1974
cells: 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)
cells: 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)
cells: 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)
cells: 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
cells: 46
George W. Bush July 6, 1946 (Age 71)
January 17, 1995 – December 21, 2000
Republican
1994
Managing General Partner of the Texas Rangers (1989-1994)
cells: 1998 [29]
Rick Perry
cells: 47
Rick Perry March 4, 1950 (Age 68)
December 21, 2000 – January 20, 2015
Republican
39th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1999-2000)
Bill Ratliff
cells: 2002
David Dewhurst
cells: 2006
cells: 2010
cells: 48
Greg Abbott November 13, 1957 (Age 60)
January 20, 2015 – Incumbent
Republican
2014 [30]
50th Attorney General of Texas (2002-2015)
Dan Patrick

Questions about this table:
originalText: who is the shortest serving governor in texas history
answer: answerTexts: James W. Henderson