NAME |
TENURE OF OFFICE |
COMMENTS |
| James Pinckney Henderson |
Feb 19 1846-Dec 21, 1847 |
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| Albert Clinton Horton |
May 19, 1846-Nov 13, 1846 |
Acted as governor while Henderson was at war in Mexico. |
| George Tyler Wood |
Dec 21, 1847-Dec 21,1849 |
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| Peter Hansborough Bell |
Dec 21, 1849-Nov 23, 1853 |
Resigned to enter U.S. Congress. |
| James Wilson Henderson |
Nov 23,1853-Dec 21, 1853 |
Became governor when Bell entered Congress. |
| Elisha Marshall Pease |
Dec 21, 1853-Dec 21,1857 |
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| Hardin Richard Runnels |
Dec 21,1857-Dec 21,1859 |
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| Samuel Houston |
Dec 21, 1859-Mar 16, 1861 |
Deposed when he refused oath of allegiance to Confederacy. |
| Edward Clark |
Mar 16, 1861-Nov 7,1861 |
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| Francis Richard Lubbock |
Nov 7, 1861-Nov 5, 1863 |
Retired to serve as advisor for Confederate Army |
| Pendleton Murrah |
Nov 5, 1863-Jun 17,1865 |
Administration ended with fall of Confederacy |
| Fletcher S. Stockdale |
Jun 17, 1865-Jul 21,1865 |
Served as acting governor when Murrah fled to Mexico. Removed by U.S. authorities. |
| Andrew Jackson Hamilton |
Jul 21,1865-Aug 9, 1866 |
Provisional governor |
| James Webb Throckmorton |
Aug 9, 1866-Aug 8,1867 |
Removed by U.S. military |
| Elisha Marshall Pease |
Aug 8,1867-Sep 30, 1869 |
Provisional governor (appointed) resigned, leaving state without governor until Jan 8, 1870. |
| Edmund Jackson Davis |
Jan 8, 1870-Jan 15,1874 |
Elected, then appointed provisional governor. |
| Richard Coke |
Jan 15, 1874-Dec 1, 1876 |
Resigned to enter U.S. Senate |
| Richard Bennett Hubbard |
Dec 1, 1876-Jan 21,1879 |
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| Oran Milo Roberts |
Jan 21, 1879-Jan 16, 1883 |
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| John Ireland |
Jan 16, 1883-Jan 18,1887 |
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| Lawrence Sullivan Ross |
Jan 18,1887-Jan 20,1891 |
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| James Stephen Hogg |
Jan 20,1891-Jan 15,1895 |
First Texas born governor. |
| Charles Allen Culberson |
Jan 15, 1895-Jan 17,1899 |
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| Joseph Draper Sayers |
Jan 17,1899-Jan 20,1903 |
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| Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham |
Jan 20,1903-Jan 15,1907 |
Last Confederate veteran to be governor |
| Thomas Mitchell Campbell |
Jan 15,1907-Jan 19, 1911 |
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| Oscar Branch Colquitt |
Jan 19, 1911-Jan 19,1915 |
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| James Edward Ferguson |
Jan 19, 1915-Aug 25, 1917 |
Impeached. |
| William Pettus Hobby |
Aug 25, 1917-Jan 18, 1921 |
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| Pat Morris Neff |
Jan 18, 1921-Jan 20, 1925 |
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| Miriam Amanda Ferguson |
Jan 20, 1925-Jan 17, 1927 |
Second woman elected governor in the United States. |
| Daniel James Moody, Jr |
Jan 17, 1927- Jan 20, 1931 |
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| Ross Shaw Sterling |
Jan 20, 1931-Jan 17, 1933 |
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| Miriam Amanda Ferguson |
Jan 17, 1933-Jan 15, 1935 |
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| James Allred |
Jan 15, 1935-Jan 17, 1939 |
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| Wilbert Lee O'Daniel |
Jan 17, 1939-Aug 4, 1941 |
Resigned to enter U.S. Senate. |
| Coke Robert Stevenson |
Aug 4, 1941-Jan 21, 1947 |
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| Beauford Halbert Jester |
Jan 21, 1947-Jul 11, 1949 |
First governor to die in office. |
| Robert Allan Shivers |
Jul 11, 1949- Jan 15, 1957 |
First governor to be elected to three consecutive terms. |
| Marion Price Daniel, Sr. |
Jan 15, 1957-Jan 15, 1963 |
Three terms. |
| John Bowden Connally, Jr. |
Jan 15, 1963-Jan 21, 1969 |
Three terms. |
| Preston Smith |
Jan 21, 1969-Jan 16, 1973 |
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| Dolph Briscoe |
Jan 16, 1973-Jan 16, 1979 |
First governor elected to a four-year term (1974). |
| William P. Clement |
Jan 16, 1979- Jan 18, 1983 |
First Republican governor since Reconstruction. |
| Mark White |
Jan 18, 1983- Jan 20 1987 |
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| William P. Clements |
Jan 20, 1987-Jan 15, 1991 |
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| Ann W. Richards |
Jan 15, 1991- Jan 17, 1995 |
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| George W. Bush |
Jan 17, 1995 Dec 21, 2000 |
Resigned to take the office of President of the United States |
| Rick Perry |
Dec 21, 2000 - Jan 20, 2014 |
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| Greg Abbott |
Jan 20, 2014 - present |
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