List of governors of Texas
The governor of Texas is the chief executive of the U.S. State of Texas, the presiding officer over the executive branch of the Government of Texas, and the commander-in-chief of the Texas National Guard, the state's militia.
Governor of Texas | |
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Style |
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Residence | Texas Governor's Mansion |
Term length | Four years, no term limit |
Inaugural holder | James Pinckney Henderson 1846 |
Formation | Texas Constitution |
Salary | $150,000 (2013)[1] |
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Governors of Texas
Party | Governors | |
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Democratic | 39 | |
Republican | 7 | |
Unionist | 1 | |
Independent | 1 | |
Military | 1 |
# | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Prior office | Lt. Governor | |||
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1 | James Pinckney Henderson March 31, 1808 – June 4, 1858 |
February 19, 1846 – December 21, 1847 |
Democratic | 1845 | Minister to England and France Republic of Texas (1837–1840) |
Albert Clinton Horton | |||
2 | George T. Wood March 12, 1795 – September 3, 1858 |
December 21, 1847 – December 21, 1849 |
Democratic | 1847 | Texas state senator (1846–1847) |
John Alexander Greer | |||
3 | Peter Hansborough Bell May 11, 1810 – March 8, 1898 |
December 21, 1849 – November 23, 1853 |
Democratic | 1849 | Lieutenant colonel of the Second Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers (1845–1849) | ||||
1851 [2] |
James W. Henderson [3] | ||||||||
4 | James W. Henderson August 15, 1817 – August 30, 1880 |
November 23, 1853 – December 21, 1853 |
Democratic | 3rd lieutenant governor of Texas (1851–1853) |
Office vacant | ||||
5 | Elisha M. Pease January 3, 1812 – August 26, 1883 |
December 21, 1853 – December 21, 1857 |
Unionist | 1853 | Texas state senator (1849–1851) |
David Catchings Dickson | |||
1855 | Hardin Richard Runnels | ||||||||
6 | Hardin R. Runnels August 30, 1820 – December 25, 1873 |
December 21, 1857 – December 21, 1859 |
Democratic | 1857 | 3rd lieutenant governor of Texas (1855–1857) |
Francis Lubbock | |||
7 | Sam Houston March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863 |
December 21, 1859 – March 16, 1861 |
Independent | 1859 [4] |
U.S. senator from Texas (1846–1859) |
Edward Clark [3] | |||
8 | Edward Clark April 1, 1815 – May 4, 1880 |
March 16, 1861 – November 7, 1861 |
Democratic | 7th Llieutenant governor of Texas (1859–1861) |
Office vacant | ||||
9 | Francis Lubbock October 16, 1815 – June 22, 1905 |
November 7, 1861 – November 5, 1863 |
Democratic | 1861 | 6th lieutenant governor of Texas (1857–1859) |
John McClannahan Crockett | |||
10 | Pendleton Murrah 1824 or 1826 – August 4, 1865 |
November 5, 1863 – June 17, 1865 |
Democratic | 1863 [5] |
Texas state representative (1857) |
Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale [6] | |||
- | Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale 1823 or 1825 – February 4, 1890 |
June 11, 1865 – June 16, 1865 |
Military | 9th lieutenant governor of Texas (1863–1865) |
Office vacant | ||||
11 | Andrew Jackson Hamilton January 28, 1815 – April 11, 1875 |
June 16, 1865 – August 9, 1866 [7] |
Democratic-Military | Texas state senator-elect (1861) | |||||
12 | James W. Throckmorton February 1, 1825 – April 21, 1894 |
August 9, 1866 – August 8, 1867 |
Democratic | 1866 [8] |
Captain of the 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment Confederate Army (1861–1863) |
George Washington Jones | |||
13 | Elisha M. Pease January 3, 1812 – August 26, 1883 |
August 8, 1867 – September 30, 1869 [8][9] |
Republican | 5th governor of Texas (1853–1857) |
Office vacant | ||||
14 | Edmund J. Davis October 2, 1827 – February 7, 1883 |
January 8, 1870 – January 15, 1874 |
Republican | 1869 [10] |
Brigadier General of the First Texas Cavalry Regiment Union Army (1862–1865) | ||||
15 | Richard Coke March 18, 1829 – May 14, 1897 |
January 15, 1874 – December 1, 1876 |
Democratic | 1873 | Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1866–1867) |
Richard B. Hubbard [3] | |||
1876 [11] | |||||||||
16 | Richard B. Hubbard November 1, 1832 – July 12, 1901 |
December 1, 1876 – January 21, 1879 |
Democratic | 16th llieutenant governor of Texas (1874–1876) |
Office vacant | ||||
17 | Oran Milo Roberts July 9, 1815 – May 19, 1898 |
January 21, 1879 – January 16, 1883 |
Democratic | 1878 | 7th chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1874–1879) |
Joseph D. Sayers | |||
1880 | Leonidas Jefferson Storey | ||||||||
18 | John Ireland January 1, 1827 – March 15, 1896 |
January 16, 1883 – January 18, 1887 |
Democratic | 1882 | Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1875–1876) |
Francis Marion Martin | |||
1884 | Barnett Gibbs | ||||||||
19 | Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross September 27, 1838 – January 3, 1898 |
January 18, 1887 – January 20, 1891 |
Democratic | 1886 | Texas state senator (1881–1883) |
Thomas Benton Wheeler | |||
1888 | |||||||||
20 | Jim Hogg March 24, 1851 – March 3, 1906 |
January 20, 1891 – January 15, 1895 |
Democratic | 1890 | 21st attorney general of Texas (1887–1891) |
George Cassety Pendleton | |||
1892 | Martin McNulty Crane | ||||||||
21 | Charles A. Culberson June 10, 1855 – March 19, 1925 |
January 15, 1895 – January 17, 1899 |
Democratic | 1894 | 22nd attorney general of Texas (1891–1895) |
George Taylor Jester | |||
1896 | |||||||||
22 | Joseph D. Sayers September 23, 1841 – May 15, 1929 |
January 17, 1899 – January 20, 1903 |
Democratic | 1898 | U.S. representative for Texas' 9th district (1893–1899) |
James Browning | |||
1900 | |||||||||
23 | S. W. T. Lanham July 4, 1846 – July 29, 1908 |
January 20, 1903 – January 15, 1907 |
Democratic | 1902 | U.S. representative for Texas' 8th district (1897–1903) |
George D. Neal | |||
1904 | |||||||||
24 | Thomas Mitchell Campbell April 22, 1856 – April 1, 1923 |
January 15, 1907 – January 17, 1911 |
Democratic | 1906 | General Manager of the Railroad (1892–1897) |
Asbury Bascom Davidson | |||
1908 | |||||||||
25 | Oscar Branch Colquitt December 16, 1861 – March 8, 1940 |
January 17, 1911 – January 19, 1915 |
Democratic | 1910 | Texas railroad commissioner (1903–1911) | ||||
1912 | William Harding Mayes | ||||||||
26 | James E. "Pa" Ferguson August 31, 1871 – September 21, 1944 |
January 19, 1915 – August 25, 1917 |
Democratic | 1914 | Local banker (since 1906) |
William P. Hobby [12] | |||
1916 [13] | |||||||||
27 | William P. Hobby March 26, 1878 – June 7, 1964 |
August 25, 1917 – January 18, 1921 |
Democratic | 24th lieutenant governor of Texas (1915–1917) |
Office vacant | ||||
1918 | Willard Arnold Johnson | ||||||||
28 | Pat Morris Neff November 26, 1871 – January 20, 1952 |
January 18, 1921 – January 20, 1925 |
Democratic | 1920 | Texas state representative (1899–1903) |
Lynch Davidson | |||
1922 | Thomas Whitfield Davidson | ||||||||
29 | Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson June 13, 1875 – June 25, 1961 |
January 20, 1925 – January 18, 1927 |
Democratic | 1924 | First Lady of Texas (1915–1917) |
Barry Miller | |||
30 | Dan Moody June 1, 1893 – May 22, 1966 |
January 18, 1927 – January 20, 1931 |
Democratic | 1926 | 32nd attorney general of Texas (1931–1935) | ||||
1928 | |||||||||
31 | Ross S. Sterling February 11, 1875 – March 25, 1949 |
January 20, 1931 – January 17, 1933 |
Democratic | 1930 | Chairman of the Texas Highway Commission (1930) |
Edgar E. Witt | |||
32 | Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson June 13, 1875 – June 25, 1961 |
January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1935 |
Democratic | 1932 | 29th governor of Texas (1925–1927) | ||||
33 | James Allred March 29, 1899 – September 24, 1959 |
January 15, 1935 – January 17, 1939 |
Democratic | 1934 | 35th attorney general of Texas (1931–1935) |
Walter Frank Woodul | |||
1936 | |||||||||
34 | Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel March 11, 1890 – May 11, 1969 |
January 17, 1939 – August 4, 1941 |
Democratic | 1938 | President of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce (1933–1934) |
Coke R. Stevenson [12] | |||
1940 [14] | |||||||||
35 | Coke R. Stevenson March 20, 1888 – June 28, 1975 |
August 4, 1941 – January 21, 1947 |
Democratic | 31st lieutenant governor of Texas (1939–1941) |
Office vacant | ||||
1942 | John Lee Smith | ||||||||
1944 | |||||||||
36 | Beauford H. Jester January 12, 1893 – July 11, 1949 |
January 21, 1947 – July 11, 1949 |
Democratic | 1946 | Member of the Texas Railroad Commission (1943–1947) |
Allan Shivers [12] | |||
1948 [15] | |||||||||
37 | Allan Shivers October 5, 1907 – January 14, 1985 |
July 11, 1949 – January 15, 1957 |
Democratic | 33rd lieutenant governor of Texas (1947–1949) |
Office vacant | ||||
1950 | Ben Ramsey | ||||||||
1952 | |||||||||
1954 | |||||||||
38 | Price Daniel October 10, 1910 – August 25, 1988 |
January 15, 1957 – January 15, 1963 |
Democratic | 1956 | U.S. senator from Texas (1953–1957) | ||||
1958 | |||||||||
1960 | |||||||||
Office vacant | |||||||||
39 | John Connally February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993 |
January 15, 1963 – January 21, 1969 |
Democratic | 1962 | 56th United States secretary of the Navy (1961) |
Preston Smith | |||
1964 | |||||||||
1966 | |||||||||
40 | Preston Smith March 8, 1912 – October 18, 2003 |
January 21, 1969 – January 16, 1973 |
Democratic | 1968 | 35th lieutenant governor of Texas (1963–1969) |
Ben Barnes | |||
1970 | |||||||||
41 | Dolph Briscoe April 23, 1923 – June 27, 2010 |
January 16, 1973 – January 16, 1979 |
Democratic | 1972 | Texas state representative (1949–1957) |
William P. Hobby Jr. | |||
1974 | |||||||||
42 | Bill Clements April 13, 1917 – May 29, 2011 |
January 16, 1979 – January 18, 1983 |
Republican | 1978 | 15th United States deputy secretary of defense (1973–1977) | ||||
43 | Mark White March 17, 1940 – August 5, 2017 |
January 18, 1983 – January 20, 1987 |
Democratic | 1982 | 46th attorney general of Texas (1979–1983) | ||||
44 | Bill Clements April 13, 1917 – May 29, 2011 |
January 20, 1987 – January 15, 1991 |
Republican | 1986 | 42nd governor of Texas (1979–1983) | ||||
45 | Ann Richards September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006 |
January 15, 1991 – January 17, 1995 |
Democratic | 1990 | Treasurer of Texas (1983–1991) |
Bob Bullock | |||
46 | George W. Bush July 6, 1946 |
January 17, 1995 – December 21, 2000 |
Republican | 1994 | Managing general partner of the Texas Rangers (1989–1994) | ||||
1998 [16] |
Rick Perry | ||||||||
47 | Rick Perry March 4, 1950 |
December 21, 2000 – January 20, 2015 |
Republican | 39th lieutenant governor of Texas (1999–2000) |
Bill Ratliff | ||||
2002 | David Dewhurst | ||||||||
2006 | |||||||||
2010 | |||||||||
48 | Greg Abbott November 13, 1957 |
January 20, 2015 – Incumbent |
Republican | 2014 | 50th attorney general of Texas (2002–2015) |
Dan Patrick | |||
2018 [17] |
References
- ↑ "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ↑ Resigned to take an elected seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 As lieutenant governor, filled an unexpired term
- ↑ Evicted from office due to his refusal to swear an oath to the Confederate States of America.
- ↑ Fled Austin as it fell to Union forces.
- ↑ NGA says he was Lt. Gov who served as Gov after Murrah fled Texas.
- ↑ Provisional military governor.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 James Throckmorton was removed from office by General Philip Sheridan, and Elisha Pease installed in his place.
- ↑ Resigned due to disagreements with General Joseph Reynolds.
- ↑ Elected in a special election held under military direction.
- ↑ Resigned to take an elected seat in the U.S. Senate.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was subsequently elected in their own right.
- ↑ Resigned due to the legislature bringing impeachment proceedings against him.
- ↑ Resigned after winning the Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat; he won the election.
- ↑ Died in office.
- ↑ Resigned to be U.S. President.
- ↑ Abbott's second term began on January 15, 2019 and will expire on January 17, 2023.