Texas

Texas is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. It was admitted to the U.S. on December 29, 1845 as the twenty-eighth state. Texas was also one of the eleven state that seceded from the U.S. to form the Confederate States of America in 1861. It was formally readmitted to the U.S. on March 3, 1870. Texas is the second largest state both by area and population.
==State Facts==
State Name 	Texas
Capital City 	Austin
Population 	28, 995, 881  (2/50)
Area 	268, 596  square miles  (2/50)
Counties 	254
Largest Cities	Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth
==Governors==
Number	Name	Party 	Term 	Spouse
1 	
James Pinckney Henderson
(1808-58)	Dem. 	1846-47 	Frances Henderson
2 	
George Tyler Wood
(1795-1858)	Dem. 	1847-49 	Martha Wood
3 	
Peter Hansborough Bell
(1810-98)	Dem. 	1849-53 	N/A
4 	
James W. Henderson
(1817-80)	Dem. 	1853 	Laura Henderson
5 	
Elisha M. Pease
(1812-83)	Union.	1853-57 	Lucadia Pease
6 	
Hardin Richard Runnels
(1820-73)	Dem. 	1857-59 	N/A
7 	
Sam Houston
(1793-1863)	Ind. 	1859-61 	Margaret Houston
8 	
Edward Clark
(1815-80)	Dem. 	1861 	Martha Clark
9 	
Francis Lubbock
(1815-1905)	Dem. 	1861-63 	Adele Lubbock
10 	
Pendleton Murrah
(1824-65)	Dem. 	1863-65 	Sue Ellen Murrah
11 	
Fletcher Stockdale
(1823-90)	Mili. 	1865 	N/A
12 	
Andrew Jackson Hamilton
(1815-75)	Dem. 	1865-66 	Mary Hamilton
13 	
James W. Throckmorton
(1825-94)	Dem. 	1866-67 	Ann Throckmorton
14 	
Elisha M. Pease
(1812-83)	Rep. 	1867-69 	Lucadia Pease
15 	
Edmund J. Davis
(1827-83)	Rep. 	1870-74 	Anne Davis
16 	
Richard Coke
(1829-97)	Dem. 	1874-76 	Mary Coke
17 	
Richard B. Hubbard
(1832-1901)	Dem. 	1876-79 	Janie Hubbard
18 	
Oran Milo Roberts
(1815-98)	Dem. 	1879-83 	Frances Roberts
19 	
John Ireland
(1827-96)	Dem. 	1883-87 	Anna Ireland
20 	
Lawrence Sullivan Ross
(1838-98)	Dem. 	1887-91 	Elizabeth Ross
21 	
Jim Hogg
(1851-1906)	Dem. 	1891-95 	Sarah Hogg
22 	
Charles Allen Culberson
(1855-1925)	Dem. 	1895-99 	Sallie Culberson
23 	
Joseph D. Sayers
(1841-1929)	Dem. 	1899-1903	Orline Sayers
24 	
S.W.T. Lanham
(1846-1908)	Dem. 	1903-07 	Sarah Lanham
25 	
Thomas Mitchell Campbell
(1856-1923)	Dem. 	1907-11 	Fannie Campbell
26 	
Oscar Branch Colquitt
(1861-1940)	Dem. 	1911-15 	Alice Colquitt
27 	
James E. Ferguson
(1871-1944)	Dem. 	1915-17 	Miriam Ferguson
28 	
William P. Hobby
(1878-1964)	Dem. 	1917-21 	Willie Hobby
29 	
Pat Morris Neff
(1871-1952)	Dem. 	1921-25 	Myrtle Neff
30 	
Miriam A. Ferguson
(1875-1961)	Dem. 	1925-27 	James Ferguson
31 	
Dan Moody
(1893-1966)	Dem. 	1927-31 	Mildred Moody
32 	
Ross S. Sterling
(1875-1949)	Dem. 	1931-33 	Maud Sterling
33 	
Miriam A. Ferguson
(1875-1961)	Dem. 	1933-35 	James Ferguson
34 	
James Allred
(1899-1959)	Dem. 	1935-39 	Joe Allred
35 	
W. Lee O'Daniel
(1890-1969)	Dem. 	1939-41 	Merle O'Daniel
36 	
Coke R. Stevenson
(1888-1975)	Dem. 	1941-47 	Fay Stevenson
37 	
Beauford H. Jester
(1893-1949)	Dem. 	1947-49 	Mabel Jester
38 	
Allan Shivers
(1907-85)	Dem. 	1949-57 	Marialice Shivers
39 	
Price Daniel
(1910-88)	Dem. 	1957-63 	Jean Daniel
40 	
John Connally
(1917-93)	Dem. 	1963-69 	Nellie Connally
41 	
Preston Smith
(1912-2003)	Dem. 	1969-73 	Ima Smith
42 	
Dolph Briscoe
(1923-2010)	Dem. 	1973-79 	Janey Briscoe
43 	
Bill Clements
(1917-2011)	Rep. 	1979-83 	Rita Clements
44 	
Mark White
(1940-2017)	Dem. 	1983-87 	Linda White
45 	
Bill Clements
(1917-2011)	Rep. 	1987-91 	Rita Clements
46 	
Ann Richards
(1933-2006)	Dem. 	1991-95 	N/A
47 	
George W. Bush
(1946-)	Rep. 	1995-2000	Laura Bush
48 	
Rick Perry
(1950-)	Rep. 	2000-15 	Anita Perry
49 	
Greg Abbott
(1957-)	Rep. 	2015-Pr. 	Cecilia Abbott
==U.S. Senators (Class 1 and Class 2)==
Class 1: 1846-61 (Next Election in 2024)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
1. 	Thomas Jefferson Rusk
(1803-57)	Democratic 	1846-57
(11 years)
2. 	James Pinckney Henderson
(1808-58)	Democratic 	1857-58
(1 year)
3. 	Matthias Ward
(1805-61)	Democratic 	1858-59
(1 year)
4. 	Louis Wigfall
(1816-74)	Democratic 	1859-61
(2 years)
There were no U.S. Senators from Texas from March 23, 1861 until March 30, 1870, due to the secession of Texas from the United States.
Class 1: 1870-Present
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
5. 	James W. Flanagan
(1805-87)	Republican 	1870-75
(5 years)
6. 	Samuel B. Maxey
(1825-95)	Democratic 	1875-87
(12 years)
7. 	John Henninger Reagan
(1818-1905)	Democratic 	1887-91
(4 years)
8. 	Horace Chilton
(1853-1932)	Democratic 	1891-92
(1 year)
9. 	Roger Q. Mills
(1832-1911)	Democratic 	1892-99
(7 years)
10. 	Charles Allen Culberson
(1855-1925)	Democratic 	1899-1923
(24 years)
11. 	Earle Bradford Mayfield
(1881-1964)	Democratic 	1923-29
(6 years)
12. 	Tom Connally
(1877-1963)	Democratic 	1929-53
(24 years)
13. 	Price Daniel
(1910-88)	Democratic 	1953-57
(4 years)
14. 	William A. Blakley
(1898-1976)	Democratic 	1957
(3 months)
15. 	Ralph Yarborough
(1903-96)	Democratic 	1957-71
(14 years)
16. 	Lloyd Bentsen
(1921-2006)	Democratic 	1971-93
(22 years)
17. 	Bob Krueger
(1935-)	Democratic 	1993
(4 months)
18. 	Kay Bailey Hutchison
(1943-)	Republican 	1993-2013
(20 years)
19. 	Ted Cruz
(1970-)	Republican 	2013-Present
(8 years)
Class 2: 1846-61 (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
1. 	Sam Houston
(1793-1863)	Democratic 	1846-59
(13 years)
2. 	John Hemphill
(1803-62)	Democratic 	1859-61
(2 years)
Class 2: 1870-Present
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
3. 	Morgan C. Hamilton
(1809-93)	Republican 	1870-77
(7 years)
4. 	Richard Coke
(1829-97)	Democratic 	1877-95
(18 years)
5. 	Horace Chilton
(1853-1932)	Democratic 	1895-1901
(6 years)
6. 	Joseph Weldon Bailey
(1862-1929)	Democratic 	1901-13
(12 years)
7. 	Rienzi Melville Johnston
(1849-1926)	Democratic 	1913
(25 days)
8. 	Morris Sheppard
(1875-1941)	Democratic 	1913-41
(28 years)
9. 	Andrew Jackson Houston
(1854-1941)	Democratic 	1941
(2 months)
10. 	W. Lee O'Daniel
(1890-1969)	Democratic 	1941-49
(8 years)
11. 	Lyndon B. Johnson
(1908-73)	Democratic 	1949-61
(12 years)
12. 	William A. Blakley
(1898-1976)	Democratic 	1961
(5 months)
13. 	John Tower
(1925-91)	Republican 	1961-85
(24 years)
14. 	Phil Gramm
(1942-)	Republican 	1985-2002
(17 years)
15. 	John Cornyn
(1952-)	Republican 	2002-Present
(19 years)