List of governors of Texas

Governor of Texas

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Gubernatorial seal

File:Flag of the Governor of Texas.svg

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Incumbent
Greg Abbott
since January 20, 2015

Style|

* Governor
(informal)
* The Honorable
(formal)

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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The governor of Texas is the head of government 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. The governor has the power to consider bills passed by the Texas Legislature, by signing them into law, or vetoing them, and in bills relating to appropriations, the power of a line-item veto. They may convene the legislature, and grant pardons and reprieves,[2] except in cases of impeachment, and upon the permission of the legislature, in cases of treason. The state provides an official residence, the Governor's Mansion in Austin. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845.

When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness.[3][4] In some respects, it is the lieutenant governor of Texas, who presides over the Texas Senate, who possesses greater influence to exercise their prerogatives.[3][4]

The governor is inaugurated on the third Tuesday of January every four years along with the lieutenant governor, and serves a term of four years. Prior to the present laws, in 1845, the state's first constitution established the office of governor, serving a term of two years, but no more than four years of every six.[5] The 1861 constitution, following secession from the Union, established the first Monday of November following election as the term's start.[6] Following the end of the American Civil War, the 1866 constitution increased term length to four years, limiting overall service to no more than eight years of every twelve, moving the term's start to the first Thursday following organization of the legislature, or "as soon thereafter as practicable."[7] The constitution of 1869, enacted during Reconstruction, removed term limitations,[8] to this day making Texas one of fourteen states[9] with no limit on gubernatorial terms. The present constitution of 1876 returned terms to two years,[10] but a 1972 amendment again returned them to four.[11]

Rick Perry is the longest-serving governor in state history, having assumed the governorship in 2000 upon the exit of George W. Bush, who resigned to take office as the 43rd president of the United States. Perry was re-elected in 2002, 2006, and 2010 serving for 14 years before choosing to retire in 2014.

Allan Shivers assumed the governorship upon the death of Beauford Jester in July 1949 and was re-elected in 1950, 1952 and 1954, serving for 7+1⁄2 years, making him the third longest serving governor before choosing to retire in 1956. Price Daniel was elected to the governorship in 1956 and re-elected in 1958 and 1960 before losing his re-election for an unprecedented fourth term in the 1962 Democratic primary, missing the runoff. John Connally was elected in 1962 and re-elected in 1964 and 1966 before choosing to retire in 1968, leaving office on January 21, 1969. Bill Clements served two non-consecutive four-year terms, having been elected in 1978 but lost re-election in 1982 before winning re-election in 1986, choosing to retire in 1990, was the second longest-serving governor: both of Shivers and Clements' records were surpassed by Perry.

In the case of a vacancy in the office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.[12] Prior to a 1999 amendment, the lieutenant governor only acted as governor until the expiration of the term to which he succeeded.[13][14]

## Contents

* 1 Governors of Spanish Texas
* 2 Governors of Mexican Texas
* 3 Governors of Texas
* 4 Succession
* 5 Other high offices held
* 6 Gubernatorial trivia
* 6.1 Background
* 6.2 Elections
* 6.3 Texas governors in popular culture
* 7 See also
* 8 Notes
* 9 References
* 10 External links

## Governors of Spanish Texas[edit | edit source]

See: List of Texas Governors and Presidents

## Governors of Mexican Texas[edit | edit source]

See: List of Texas Governors and Presidents

## Governors of Texas[edit | edit source]

Number of governors of Texas by party affiliation  Party  | Governors

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| Democratic | 39
| Republican | 7
| Unionist | 1
| Independent | 1
| Military  | 1
No.  | Governor  | Term in office  | Party  | Election  | Prior office  | Lt. Governor

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1 | File:James Pinckney Henderson-p.jpg |  | 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 | File:George wood.jpg |  | 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 | File:Peter bell.jpg |  | Peter Hansborough Bell
May 11, 1810 – March 8, 1898 | December 21, 1849

November 23, 1853
[15] | Democratic | 1849 | Lieutenant colonel of the Second Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers
(1845–1849)
1851 |  | James W. Henderson
[16]
4 | File:James w henderson.jpg |  | James W. Henderson
August 15, 1817 – August 30, 1880
| November 23, 1853

December 21, 1853  | Democratic | Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor | 3rd lieutenant governor of Texas
(1851–1853) | Office vacant
5 | File:Elisha pease.jpg |  | 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 | File:Hardin runnels.jpg |  | Hardin R. Runnels
August 30, 1820 – December 25, 1873
| December 21, 1857

December 21, 1859  | Democratic | 1857 | 5th lieutenant governor of Texas
(1855–1857) |  | Francis Lubbock
7 | File:Sam Houston c1850-crop.jpg |  | Sam Houston
March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863
| December 21, 1859

March 16, 1861
[17] | Independent  | 1859 | U.S. senator from Texas
(1846–1859) |  | Edward Clark
[16]
8 | File:Edward clark.jpg |  | Edward Clark
April 1, 1815 – May 4, 1880
| March 16, 1861

November 7, 1861  | Democratic | Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor | 7th Llieutenant governor of Texas
(1859–1861) | Office vacant
9 | File:Francis lubbock.jpg |  | 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 | File:Pendleton murrah.jpg |  | Pendleton Murrah
1824 or 1826 – August 4, 1865
| November 5, 1863

June 17, 1865  | Democratic | 1863
[18] | Texas state representative
(1857) |  | Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale
[19]
- | File:FLETCHER STOCKDALE.PNG |  | 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 | File:Andrew Jackson Hamilton.jpg |  | Andrew Jackson Hamilton
January 28, 1815 – April 11, 1875
| June 16, 1865

August 9, 1866
[20] | Democratic-Military  | Texas state senator-elect
(1861)
12 | File:James W. Throckmorton - Brady-Handy.jpg |  | James W. Throckmorton
February 1, 1825 – April 21, 1894
| August 9, 1866

August 8, 1867  | Democratic | 1866
[21] | Captain of the 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment Confederate Army
(1861–1863) |  | George Washington Jones
13 | File:Elisha pease.jpg |  | Elisha M. Pease
January 3, 1812 – August 26, 1883
| August 8, 1867

September 30, 1869
[21][22] | Republican | 5th governor of Texas
(1853–1857) | Office vacant
14 | File:Edmund Davis.jpg |  | Edmund J. Davis
October 2, 1827 – February 7, 1883
| January 8, 1870

January 15, 1874  | Republican | 1869
[23] | Brigadier General of the First Texas Cavalry Regiment Union Army
(1862–1865)
15 | File:Richard Coke - Brady-Handy (cropped).jpg |  | Richard Coke
March 18, 1829 – May 14, 1897
| January 15, 1874

December 1, 1876
[24] | Democratic | 1873  | Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
(1866–1867) |  | Richard B. Hubbard
[16]
1876
16 | File:Richard hubbard.jpg |  | Richard B. Hubbard
November 1, 1832 – July 12, 1901
| December 1, 1876

January 21, 1879  | Democratic | Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor | 16th llieutenant governor of Texas
(1874–1876) | Office vacant
17 | File:Oran roberts.jpg |  | 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 | File:John ireland.jpg |  | 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 | File:Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross.jpg |  | 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 | File:Jim hogg.jpg |  | 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 | File:Charles Allen Culberson.jpg |  | 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 |

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|  | 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 | File:Swtlanham.jpg |  | 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 | File:T.M. Campbell, Governor, Bain portrait bust.jpg |  | 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 | File:Oscar Branch Colquitt.jpg |  | 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 | File:James E. Ferguson.jpg |  | James E. "Pa" Ferguson
August 31, 1871 – September 21, 1944
| January 19, 1915

August 25, 1917
[25] | Democratic | 1914  | Local banker
(since 1906) |  | William P. Hobby
[26]
1916
27 | File:William hobby.jpg |  | William P. Hobby
March 26, 1878 – June 7, 1964
| August 25, 1917

January 18, 1921  | Democratic | Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor | 24th lieutenant governor of Texas
(1915–1917) | Office vacant
1918  |  | Willard Arnold Johnson
28 | File:PatMNeff.jpg |  | 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 | File:Miriam A. Ferguson.jpg |  | 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 | File:DanMoody.jpg |  | 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 | File:Ross Sterling.png |  | 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 | File:Miriam A. Ferguson.jpg |  | 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 | File:James Allred.png |  | James V. 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 | File:Wilbert Lee O'Daniel.jpg |  | Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel
March 11, 1890 – May 11, 1969
| January 17, 1939

August 4, 1941
(resigned)[27] | Democratic | 1938 | President of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce
(1933–1934) |  | Coke R. Stevenson
[26]
1940
35 | File:Coke R. Stevenson.jpg |  | Coke R. Stevenson
March 20, 1888 – June 28, 1975
| August 4, 1941

January 21, 1947
(not candidate for election) | Democratic | Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor | 31st lieutenant governor of Texas
(1939–1941) | Office vacant
1942 |  | John Lee Smith
1944
36 | File:Beauford H. Jester.jpg |  | Beauford H. Jester
January 12, 1893 – July 11, 1949
| January 21, 1947

July 11, 1949
(died)[28] | Democratic | 1946 | Member of the Texas Railroad Commission
(1943–1947) |  | Allan Shivers
[26]
1948
37 | File:Allan Shivers.jpg |  | Allan Shivers
October 5, 1907 – January 14, 1985
| July 11, 1949

January 15, 1957
(not candidate for election) | Democratic | Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor | 33rd lieutenant governor of Texas
(1947–1949) | Office vacant
1950 |  | Ben Ramsey
1952
1954
38 | File:Price Daniel (TX).png |  | Price Daniel
October 10, 1910 – August 25, 1988
| January 15, 1957

January 15, 1963
(lost renomination) | Democratic | 1956 | U.S. senator from Texas
(1953–1957)
1958
1960
Office vacant
39 | File:John Connally (TX).png |  | John Connally
February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993
| January 15, 1963

January 21, 1969
(not candidate for election) | Democratic | 1962 | 56th United States secretary of the Navy
(1961) |  | Preston Smith
1964
1966
40 | File:Governor Preston Smith (cropped).jpg |  | Preston Smith
March 8, 1912 – October 18, 2003
| January 21, 1969

January 16, 1973
(lost renomination) | Democratic | 1968 | 35th lieutenant governor of Texas
(1963–1969) |  | Ben Barnes
1970
41 | File:Dolph Briscoe, 1976.jpg |  | Dolph Briscoe
April 23, 1923 – June 27, 2010
| January 16, 1973

January 16, 1979
(lost renomination) | Democratic | 1972 | Texas state representative
(1949–1957) |  | William P. Hobby Jr.
1974[a]
42 | File:Bill Clements.jpg |  | Bill Clements
April 13, 1917 – May 29, 2011
| January 16, 1979

January 18, 1983
(lost election) | Republican | 1978 | 15th United States deputy secretary of defense
(1973–1977)
43 | File:Governor Mark White.jpg |  | Mark White
March 17, 1940 – August 5, 2017
| January 18, 1983

January 20, 1987
(lost election) | Democratic | 1982 | 46th attorney general of Texas
(1979–1983)
44 | File:Bill Clements.jpg |  | Bill Clements
April 13, 1917 – May 29, 2011
| January 20, 1987

January 15, 1991
(not candidate for election) | Republican | 1986 | 42nd governor of Texas
(1979–1983)
45 | File:Ann Richards, Governor of Texas.jpg |  | Ann Richards
September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006
| January 15, 1991

January 17, 1995
(lost election) | Democratic | 1990 | Treasurer of Texas
(1983–1991) |  | Bob Bullock

| File:George W. Bush 108th Congressional Portrait.png |  | George W. Bush
July 6, 1946 | January 17, 1995

December 21, 2000
(resigned)[29] | Republican | 1994 | Managing general partner of the Texas Rangers
(1989–1994)
1998 |  | Rick Perry

| File:Rick Perry by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg |  | Rick Perry
March 4, 1950 | December 21, 2000

January 20, 2015
(not candidate for election) | Republican | Succeeded from
Lieutenant
Governor | 39th lieutenant governor of Texas
(1999–2000) |  | Bill Ratliff
2002 |  | David Dewhurst
2006
2010
48 | File:Greg Abbott 2015.jpg |  | Greg Abbott
November 13, 1957 | January 20, 2015

Incumbent[30] | Republican | 2014 | 50th attorney general of Texas
(2002–2015) |  | Dan Patrick
2018

## Succession[edit | edit source]

Main article: Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States § Texas

## Other high offices held[edit | edit source]

Governor | Gubernatorial term | Other high offices held

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James Pinckney Henderson | 1846-1847  | U.S. senator (1857-1858)
Peter Hansborough Bell | 1849-1853  | U.S. representative (1853-1857)
Sam Houston | 1859-1861  | U.S. representative from Tennessee (1823-1827), Governor of Tennessee (1827-1829), President of Texas (1836-1838, 1841-1844), U.S. senator (1846-1859)
Andrew Jackson Hamilton | 1865-1866  | U.S. representative (1859-1861)
James W. Throckmorton | 1866-1867  | U.S. representative (1875-1879, 1883-1887)
Richard Coke | 1874-1876  | U.S. senator (1877-1895)
Richard B. Hubbard | 1876-1879  | Minister to Japan (1885-1889)
Charles Allen Culberson | 1895-1899  | U.S. senator (1899-1923)
Joseph D. Sayers | 1899-1903  | U.S. representative (1885-1893, 1893-1899)
S. W. T. Lanham | 1903-1907  | U.S. representative (1883-1893, 1897-1903)
W. Lee O'Daniel | 1939-1941  | U.S. senator (1941-1949)
Price Daniel | 1957-1963  | U.S. senator (1953-1957)
John Connally | 1963-1969  | U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1961), U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1971-1972)
Bill Clements | 1979-1983
1987-1991  | U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (1973-1977)
George W. Bush | 1995-2000  | 43rd President of the United States (2001-2009)
Rick Perry | 2000-2015  | U.S. Secretary of Energy (2017-2019)

## Gubernatorial trivia[edit | edit source]

File:Flag of the Governor of Texas.svg

Along with the Seal of Office, the governor of Texas also has a flag. It is not in common use.

### Background[edit | edit source]

Texas has had two female governors: Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson and Ann Richards. Ferguson was one of the first two women elected governor of a U.S. state (on November 4, 1924), along with Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming. Ross was inaugurated on January 5, 1925, while Ferguson was inaugurated on January 20, so Ross is considered the first female state governor. Ferguson was the wife of former governor Jim "Pa" Ferguson, while Richards was elected "in her own right," being neither the spouse nor widow of a governor.

Texas governors have been born in fourteen states: Alabama, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Baylor University is the most common alma mater of Texas governors, with five of them - Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Pat Morris Neff, Price Daniel, Mark White, and Ann Richards \- considered alumni (though Ross attended but never completed a degree). To date, Coke Stevenson is the most recent governor who never attended college, and Bill Clements is the most recent who attended college but did not graduate.

### Elections[edit | edit source]

Three governors have served non-consecutive terms: Elisha M. Pease, Miriam A. Ferguson, and Bill Clements. As was the case in most Southern states, Texas did not elect any Republican governor from the end of Reconstruction until the late twentieth century. Bill Clements was the state's first Republican governor since Edmund J. Davis left office in 1874, 105 years earlier. Dolph Briscoe was the last governor to be elected to a two-year term, in 1972; he was also the first to be elected to a four-year term, in 1974, since the post-Reconstruction period when two-year terms had first been established. Rick Perry, who ascended to the governorship on December 21, 2000 upon the resignation of then-Governor George W. Bush, won three full four-year terms in 2002, 2006 and 2010.

### Texas governors in popular culture[edit | edit source]

W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel served as the inspiration for the fictional, but similarly named, Mississippi governor Menelaus "Pappy" O'Daniel, in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Ann Richards had a cameo appearance on an episode of the animated comedy series King of the Hill, in which she has a brief romance with Bill Dauterive after he takes the fall for mooning her in the elevator of an Austin hotel (Hank actually mooned her because he thought his friends were going to be mooning the people in the elevator but they set him up).

George W. Bush, who was running for President in the 2000 Presidential Election against Vice-President Al Gore, where he would be giving a campaign speech in which Hank, Peggy, Bobby, and Luanne to attend to in order to convince her from voting for the Communist Candidate, Robert Pagagi, in the 2000 election, and instead vote for George W. Bush. (George W. Bush would win the election after winning the state of Florida due to the Supreme Court case Bush v. Gore)

## See also[edit | edit source]

* List of Texas governors and presidents
* List of presidents of the Republic of Texas
* List of lieutenant governors of Texas

## Notes[edit | edit source]

1. ^ First term under a 1972 constitutional amendment, which lengthened terms to four years.

## References[edit | edit source]

1. ^ "CSG Releases 2013 Governor Salaries". The Council of State Governments. June 25, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
2. ^ Upon recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles
3. ^ a b Suellentrop, Chip (January 5, 2000). "Is George W. Bush a "Weak" Governor?". Slate Magazine - Explainer. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
4. ^ a b Ivins, Molly; Lou Dubose (2000). Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush. New York: Vintage Books. pp. xii–xiii. ISBN 0-375-75714-7.
5. ^ 1845 Const. Art V sec 4
6. ^ 1861 Const. art V sec 12
7. ^ 1866 Const. art V sec 4
8. ^ 1869 Const. Art IV sec 4
9. ^ Executive Branch Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 23-October-2008
10. ^ TX Const. Art IV sec 4
11. ^ Texas Politics - The Executive Branch Archived 2009-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. Texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu. Retrieved on 2013-07-15.
12. ^ TX Const. art IV sec 16 graf d
13. ^ Under the 1861 constitution, law provided that the lieutenant governor would be "styled Governor of those state of Republicans" in case of vacancy.
14. ^ 1861 Const art V sec 12
15. ^ Resigned to take an elected seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
16. ^ a b c As lieutenant governor, filled an unexpired term
17. ^ Evicted from office due to his refusal to swear an oath to the Confederate States of America.
18. ^ Fled Austin as it fell to Union forces.
19. ^ NGA says he was Lt. Gov who served as Gov after Murrah fled Texas.
20. ^ Provisional military governor.
21. ^ a b James Throckmorton was removed from office by General Philip Sheridan, and Elisha Pease installed in his place.
22. ^ Resigned due to disagreements with General Joseph Reynolds.
23. ^ Elected in a special election held under military direction.
24. ^ Resigned to take an elected seat in the U.S. Senate.
25. ^ Resigned due to the legislature bringing impeachment proceedings against him.
26. ^ a b c As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was subsequently elected in their own right.
27. ^ O'Daniel resigned after winning the Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat; he won the election.
28. ^ Died in office.
29. ^ Bush resigned to be President of the United States.
30. ^ Abbott's second term began on January 15, 2019, and will expire on January 17, 2023.

## External links[edit | edit source]

General

* Legislative Reference Library of Texas -- Governors of Texas
* Governor (of Texas) from the Handbook of Texas Online
* The Handbook of Texas Online: Texas History Quiz -- Presidents and Governors of Texas
* Explanation of the strengths of governors

Constitutions

* 1876 Constitution, as amended (Current)
* 1876 Constitution
* 1869 Constitution
* 1866 Constitution
* 1861 Constitution
* 1845 Constitution

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* Throckmorton
* Pease
* Davis
* Coke
* Hubbard
* Roberts
* Ireland
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* Daniel
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* Briscoe
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* White
* Clements
* Richards
* Bush
* Perry
* Abbott

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Lieutenant
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* Horton
* Greer
* Henderson
* Dickson
* Runnels
* Lubbock
* Clark
* Crockett
* Stockdale
* Jones
* J. W. Flanagan
* Campbell
* W. Flanagan
* Fountain
* Pickett
* Hubbard
* Sayers
* Storey
* Martin
* Gibbs
* Wheeler
* Pendleton
* Crane
* Jester
* Browning
* Neal
* A. B. Davidson
* Mayes
* Hobby Sr.
* Johnson
* L. Davidson
* T. W. Davidson
* Miller
* Witt
* Woodul
* Stevenson
* J. L. Smith
* Shivers
* Ramsey
* P. Smith
* Barnes
* Hobby Jr.
* Bullock
* Perry
* Ratliff
* Dewhurst
* Patrick

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Executive|

* Dept. of Agriculture
* Alcoholic Beverage Commission
* Animal Health Commission
* Dept. of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services
* Attorney General
* School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
* Brazos River Authority
* State Cemetery
* Comptroller of Public Accounts
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* School for the Deaf
* Board of Dental Examiners
* Commission on Environmental Quality
* Education Agency
* Employees Retirement System
* Ethics Commission
* Facilities Commission
* Dept. of Family and Protective Services
* Film Commission
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* Office of the Governor
* Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority
* Health and Human Services Commission
* Dept. of State Health Services
* Higher Education Coordinating Board
* Historical Commission
* Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs
* Dept. of Information Resources
* Dept. of Insurance
* Commission on Jail Standards
* General Land Office
* Library and Archives Commission
* Dept. of Licensing and Regulation
* Lottery Commission
* Lower Colorado River Authority
* Dept. of Motor Vehicles
* Dept. of Parks and Wildlife
* Preservation Board
* Dept. of Public Safety
* Railroad Commission
* Real Estate Commission
* Residential Construction Commission
* Soil and Water Conservation Board
* Teacher Retirement System
* Texas A&M University System
* Dept. of Transportation
* Trinity River Authority
* University of Houston System
* University of North Texas System
* University of Texas System
* Texas State University System
* Texas Tech University System
* Workforce Commission
* Juvenile Justice Department

Legislative|

* House of Representatives
* Senate

Judicial|

* Courts of Appeals
* Court of Criminal Appeals
* Dept. of Criminal Justice
* State Bar
* Supreme Court
* Office of Court Administration/Texas Judicial Council
* Office of Capital and Forensic Writs
* State Prosecuting Attorney
* State Law Library
* State Commission on Judicial Conduct

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Austin (capital)

Topics|

* Outline
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Society|

* Culture
* Crime
* Demographics
* Economy
* Education
* Gambling
* Politics

Regions|

* Ark‑La‑Tex
* Big Bend
* Boca Chica
* Blackland Prairies
* Brazos Valley
* Central Texas
* Coastal Bend
* Concho Valley
* Cross Timbers
* East Texas
* Edwards Plateau
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Metropolitan
areas|

* Abilene
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* Beaumont–Port Arthur
* Brownsville–Harlingen
* College Station–Bryan
* Corpus Christi
* Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington (DFW)
* El Paso
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* Killeen–Temple
* Laredo
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* Lubbock
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* Midland
* Odessa
* San Angelo
* San Antonio–New Braunfels
* Sherman–Denison
* Texarkana
* Tyler
* Victoria
* Waco
* Wichita Falls

Counties|

See: List of counties in Texas

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