List of governors of Texas
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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] |
Website | Official website ![]() |
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.
Governors of Texas[change | change source]
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[change | change source]
- ↑ "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.