Question: who is the shortest serving governor in texas history
Answer: 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 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 James W.