Governors of Texas

A list of governors from the state of Texas.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 Spanish Governors of Texas
* 2 Mexican Governors of Texas
* 3 Mexican Governors of Coahuila y Texas
* 4 Provisional Colonial Governors
* 5 Presidents of Texas
* 6 State Governors of Texas
* 7 Further reading
* 8 See also
* 9 Notes

## Spanish Governors of Texas[edit]

Name  |  Years

|

Domingo Teran de los Rios  | 1691-1692
Gregorio de Salinas Varona  | 1692-1697
Francisco Cuerbo y Valdez  | 1698-1702
Mathias de Aguirre  | 1703-1705
Martin de Alarcon  | 1705-1708
Simon Padilla y Cordova  | 1708-1712
Pedro Fermin de Echevers y Subisa  | 1712-1714
Juan Valdez  | 1714-1716
Martin de Alarcon  | 1716-1719
Joseph de Azlor  | 1719-1722
Fernando Perez de Almazan  | 1722-1727
Melchor de Media Villa y Azcona  | 1727-1730
Juan Antonio Bustillos y Ceballos  | 1730-1734
Manuel de Sandoval  | 1734-1736
Carols Benites Franquis de Lugo  | 1736-1737
Prudencio de Orobio y Basterra  | 1737-1741
Tomas Felipe Wintuisen  | 1741-1743
Justo Boneo y Morales  | 1743-1744
Francisco Garcia Larios  | 1744-1748
Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella  | 1748-1751
Jacinto de Barrios y Jauregui  | 1751-1759
Angel Martos y Navarrete  | 1759-1766
Hugo Oconor  | 1767-1770
Baron de Ripperda  | 1770-1778
Domingo Cabello  | 1778-1786
Bernardo Bonavia  | 1786-1786
Rafael Martinez Pacheco  | 1786-1790
Manuel Munoz  | 1790-1798
Jose Irigoyen  | 1798-1800
Juan Bautista de Elguezabal  | 1800-1805
Antonio Cordero y Bustamante  | 1805-1808
Manuel Maria de Salcedo  | 1808-1813
Juan Bautista Casas  | 1811-1811
Cristobal Dominguez  | 1814-1817
Ignacio Perez  | 1817-1817
Manuel Pardo  | 1817-1817
Antonio Martinez  | 1817-1822

## Mexican Governors of Texas[edit]

Name  |  Years

|

Jose Feliz Trespalacios  | 1822-1823
Luciano Garcia  | 1823-1824

## Mexican Governors of Coahuila y Texas[edit]

Name  |  Years

|

Rafael Gonzales  | 1824-1826
Victor Blanco  | 1826-1827
Jose Maria Viesca  | 1827-1830
Ramon Eca y Musquiz  | 1830-1831
Juan Martin de Veramendi  | 1832-1833
Juan Jose de Vidaurri y Villasenor  | 1833-1834
Juan Jose Elguezabal  | 1834-1835
Jose Maria Cantu  | 1835-1835
Agustin M. Viesca  | 1835-1835
Marciel Borrego  | 1835-1835
Ramon Ena y Musquiz  | 1835-1835

## Provisional Colonial Governors[edit]

Name  |  Years

|

Henry Smith  | 1835-1836
James W. Robinson  | 1836

## Presidents of Texas[edit]

Name  |  Years

|

David G. Burnet  |  1836
Sam Houston |  1836-1838, 1841-1844
Mirabeau Lamar  |  1838-1841
Anson Jones  |  1844-1846

## State Governors of Texas[edit]

Name |  Party  |  Years

|
|

J. Pinckney Henderson  |  Democrat  |  1846-1847
George T. Wood  |  Democrat  |  1847-1849
Peter Hansbrough Bell  |  Democrat  |  1849-1853
James W. Henderson  |  Democrat  |  1853
Elisha M. Pease  |  Republican Unionist  |  1853-1857, 1867-1869
Hardin R. Runnels  |  Democrat  |  1857-1859
Sam Houston |  Democrat  |  1859-1861
Edward Clark  |  Democrat  |  1861
Francis R. Lubbock  |  Democrat  |  1861-1863
Pendleton Murrah  |  Democrat  |  1863-1865
Andrew J. Hamilon  |  Democrat  |  1865-1866
James W. Throckmorton  |  Democrat  |  1866-1867
Edmund J. Davis  |  Republican  |  1870-1874
Richard Coke  |  Democrat  |  1874-1876
Richard B. Hubbard  |  Democrat  |  1876-1879
Oran M. Roberts  |  Democrat  |  1879-1883
John Ireland  |  Democrat  |  1883-1887
Lawrence Sullivan Ross  |  Democrat  |  1887-1891
James Stephen Hogg  |  Democrat  |  1891-1895
Charles A. Culberson  |  Democrat  |  1895-1899
Joseph D. Sayers  |  Democrat  |  1899-1903
S. W. T. Lanham  |  Democrat  |  1903-1907
Thomas Mitchell Campbell  |  Democrat  |  1907-1911
Oscar Branch Colquitt  |  Democrat  |  1911-1915
James E. Ferguson  |  Democrat  |  1915-1917
William P. Hobby  |  Democrat  |  1917-1921
Pat M. Neff  |  Democrat  |  1921-1925
Miriam Ferguson  |  Democrat  |  1925-1929, 1933-1935
Daniel J. Moody  |  Democrat  |  1929-1931
Ross S. Sterling  |  Democrat  |  1931-1933
James V. Allred  |  Democrat  |  1935-1939
W. Lee O'Daniel |  Democrat  |  1939-1941
Coke R. Stevenson |  Democrat  |  1941-1947
Beauford H. Jester  |  Democrat  |  1947-1949
Robert Allen Shivers  |  Democrat  |  1949-1957
Price Daniel, Sr.  |  Democrat  |  1957-1963
John Connally |  Democrat  |  1963-1969
Preston Smith |  Democrat  |  1969-1973
Dolph Briscoe |  Democrat  |  1973-1979
Bill Clements |  Republican  |  1979-1983, 1987-1991
Mark White |  Democrat  |  1983-1987
Ann Richards |  Democrat  |  1991-1995
George W. Bush |  Republican  |  1995-2000
Rick Perry |  Republican  |  2000–2015
Greg Abbott |  Republican  |  2015- present

## Further reading[edit]

* McDonald, Archie P., ed. "On This Day of New Beginnings": Selected Inaugural Addresses of Texas Governors. Austin: Texas State Lib., 1979. 126 pp. primary source

## See also[edit]

* State Governors

## Notes[edit]

1. ↑ http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legis/leaders/governors/govBrowse.cfm
2. ↑ http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/prestx.html

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