NAME
|
TENURE OF OFFICE
|
COMMENTS
|
| James Pinckney Henderson |
Feb.19 1846-Dec. 21, 1847 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Hardin Richard Runnels |
Dec. 21,1857-Dec. 21,1859 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Oran
Milo Roberts |
Jan.
21, 1879-Jan. 16, 1883 |
|
| John
Ireland |
Jan.
16, 1883-Jan. 18,1887 |
|
| Lawrence
Sullivan Ross |
Jan.
18,1887-Jan. 20,1891 |
|
| James
Stephen Hogg |
Jan.
20,1891-Jan. 15,1895 |
First
Texas born governor. |
| Charles
Allen Culberson |
Jan.
15, 1895-Jan. 17,1899 |
|
| Joseph
Draper Sayers |
Jan.
17,1899-Jan. 20,1903 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Oscar
Branch Colquitt |
Jan.
19, 1911-Jan. 19,1915 |
|
| James
Edward Ferguson |
Jan.
19,1915-Aug. 25,1917 |
Impeached. |
| William
Pettus Hobby |
Aug.
25,1917-Jan. 18,1921 |
|
| Pat
Morris Neff |
Jan.
18,1921-Jan. 20,1925 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Ross
Shaw Sterling |
Jan.
20, 1931-Jan. 17, 1933 |
|
| Miriam
Amanda Ferguson |
Jan.17,1933-Jan.15,1935 |
|
| James
Allred |
Jan.15,1935-Jan.17,1939 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| William
P. Clements |
Jan.
20, 1987-Jan. 15, 1991 |
|
| Ann
W. Richards |
Jan.15,
1991- Jan.17, 1995 |
|
| 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 - Present |
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