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List of governors of Texas

February 15, 2024

The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845.

Governor of Texas
Gubernatorial seal
Gubernatorial standard
Incumbent
Greg Abbott
since January 20, 2015
Style
ResidenceTexas Governor's Mansion
Term lengthFour years, no term limit
Inaugural holderJames Pinckney Henderson
1846
FormationTexas Constitution
Salary$150,000 (2013)[1]
Websitegov.texas.gov

When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness.[2][3] In some respects, it is the lieutenant governor of Texas, who presides over the Texas Senate, who possesses greater influence to exercise their prerogatives.[2][3]

Rick Perry is the longest-serving governor, 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 elected in 2002 and he was re-elected in 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 elected in 1950 and re-elected in 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.

Current governor Greg Abbott was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018 and again in 2022. With his recent re-election, Abbott is on track to becoming the state's second longest-serving governor with 12 years of service by January 19, 2027.

Governors edit

For the period before annexation, see List of Texas governors and presidents.

Texas was annexed by the United States and admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845.[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 sixteen states, territory or jurisdiction (including the U.S. Territory Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia[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]

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]

Governors of the State of Texas
No. Governor Term in office Party Election Lt. Governor[a]
1     J. Pinckney Henderson
(1808–1858)
[15][16]		 February 19, 1846[17]
–
December 21, 1847
(did not run)[15]		 Democratic[18] 1845   Albert Clinton Horton[b]
2   George Tyler Wood
(1795–1858)
[19][20]		 December 21, 1847[21]
–
December 21, 1849
(lost election) 		Democratic[18] 1847 John Alexander Greer
3   Peter Hansborough Bell
(1810–1898)
[22][23]		 December 21, 1849[24]
–
November 23, 1853
(resigned)[c]		 Democratic[18] 1849
1851 James W. Henderson
4   James W. Henderson
(1817–1880)
[26]		 November 23, 1853[27]
–
December 21, 1853
(successor took office) 		Democratic[18] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
5   Elisha M. Pease
(1812–1883)
[28][29]		 December 21, 1853[30]
–
December 21, 1857
(term-limited)[d]		 Democratic[18] 1853 David Catchings Dickson
1855 Hardin Richard Runnels
6   Hardin Richard Runnels
(1820–1873)
[32][33]		 December 21, 1857[34]
–
December 21, 1859
(lost election) 		Democratic[18] 1857 Francis Lubbock
7   Sam Houston
(1793–1863)
[35][36]		 December 21, 1859[37]
–
March 16, 1861
(removed)[e]		 Independent[18] 1859 Edward Clark
8   Edward Clark
(1815–1880)
[38][39]		 March 16, 1861[40]
–
November 7, 1861
(lost election) 		Democratic[18] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
9   Francis Lubbock
(1815–1905)
[41][42]		 November 7, 1861[43]
–
November 5, 1863
(did not run) 		Democratic[18] 1861 John McClannahan Crockett
10   Pendleton Murrah
(d. 1865)
[44][45]		 November 5, 1863[46]
–
June 17, 1865
(office vacated)[f]		 Democratic[18] 1863 Fletcher Stockdale
11   Andrew Jackson Hamilton
(1815–1875)
[52][53]		 June 17, 1865[54]
–
August 9, 1866
(successor took office) 		Military governor
appointed by President 		Vacant
12   James W. Throckmorton
(1825–1894)
[55][56]		 August 9, 1866[57]
–
July 30, 1867
(removed)[g]		 Democratic[18] 1866 George Washington Jones
13   Elisha M. Pease
(1812–1883)
[28][29]		 July 30, 1867[58]
–
September 30, 1869
(resigned)[h]		 Installed by
military occupation 		Vacant
— Vacant
[51]		 September 30, 1869
–
January 8, 1870 		Office vacated
after resignation
14   Edmund J. Davis
(1827–1883)
[59][60]		 January 8, 1870[61]
–
January 15, 1874
(lost election) 		Republican[18] 1869
15   Richard Coke
(1829–1897)
[62][63]		 January 15, 1874[64]
–
December 1, 1876
(resigned)[i]		 Democratic[18] 1873 Richard B. Hubbard
1876
16   Richard B. Hubbard
(1832–1901)
[65][66]		 December 1, 1876[67]
–
January 21, 1879
(did not run) 		Democratic[18] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
17   Oran Milo Roberts
(1815–1898)
[68][69]		 January 21, 1879[70]
–
January 16, 1883
(did not run) 		Democratic[18] 1878 Joseph D. Sayers
1880 Leonidas J. Storey
18   John Ireland
(1827–1896)
[71][72]		 January 16, 1883[73]
–
January 18, 1887
(did not run) 		Democratic[18] 1882 Francis Marion Martin
1884 Barnett Gibbs
19   Lawrence Sullivan Ross
(1838–1898)
[74][75]		 January 18, 1887[76]
–
January 20, 1891
(did not run) 		Democratic[18] 1886 Thomas Benton Wheeler
1888
20   Jim Hogg
(1851–1906)
[77][78]		 January 20, 1891[79]
–
January 15, 1895
(did not run) 		Democratic[18] 1890 George C. Pendleton
1892 Martin McNulty Crane
21   Charles A. Culberson
(1855–1925)
[80][81]		 January 15, 1895[82]
–
January 17, 1899
(did not run) 		Democratic[18] 1894 George Taylor Jester
1896
22   Joseph D. Sayers
(1841–1929)
[83][84]		 January 17, 1899[85]
–
January 20, 1903
(did not run)[83]		 Democratic[18] 1898 James Browning
1900
23   S. W. T. Lanham
(1846–1908)
[86][87]		 January 20, 1903[88]
–
January 15, 1907
(did not run)[86]		 Democratic[18] 1902 George D. Neal
1904
24   Thomas Mitchell Campbell
(1856–1923)
[89][90]		 January 15, 1907[91]
–
January 17, 1911
(did not run)[89]		 Democratic[18] 1906 Asbury Bascom Davidson
1908
25   Oscar Branch Colquitt
(1861–1940)
[92][93]		 January 17, 1911[94]
–
January 19, 1915
(did not run)[92]		 Democratic[18] 1910
1912 William Harding Mayes
26   James E. Ferguson
(1871–1944)
[95][96]		 January 19, 1915[97]
–
September 22, 1917
(impeached and removed)[j]		 Democratic[18] 1914 William P. Hobby
1916
27   William P. Hobby
(1878–1964)
[99][100]		 September 22, 1917[k]
–
January 18, 1921
(did not run)[99]		 Democratic[18] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
1918 Willard Arnold Johnson
28   Pat Morris Neff
(1871–1952)
[103][104]		 January 18, 1921[105]
–
January 20, 1925
(did not run)[103]		 Democratic[18] 1920 Lynch Davidson
1922 Thomas Whitfield Davidson
29   Miriam A. Ferguson
(1875–1961)
[106][107]		 January 20, 1925[108]
–
January 18, 1927
(lost nomination)[106]		 Democratic[18] 1924 Barry Miller
30   Dan Moody
(1893–1966)
[109][110]		 January 18, 1927[111]
–
January 20, 1931
(did not run)[109]		 Democratic[18] 1926
1928
31   Ross S. Sterling
(1875–1949)
[112][113]		 January 20, 1931[114]
–
January 17, 1933
(lost nomination)[112]		 Democratic[18] 1930 Edgar E. Witt
32   Miriam A. Ferguson
(1875–1961)
[106][107]		 January 17, 1933[115]
–
January 15, 1935
(did not run)[106]		 Democratic[18] 1932
33   James Burr V Allred
(1899–1959)
[116][117]		 January 15, 1935[118]
–
January 17, 1939
(did not run)[116]		 Democratic[18] 1934 Walter Frank Woodul
1936
34   W. Lee O'Daniel
(1890–1969)
[119][120]		 January 17, 1939[121]
–
August 4, 1941
(resigned)[l]		 Democratic[18] 1938 Coke R. Stevenson
1940
35   Coke R. Stevenson
(1888–1975)
[122][123]		 August 4, 1941[124]
–
January 21, 1947
(did not run) 		Democratic[18] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
1942 John Lee Smith
1944
36   Beauford H. Jester
(1893–1949)
[125][126]		 January 21, 1947[127]
–
July 11, 1949
(died in office) 		Democratic[18] 1946 Allan Shivers
1948
37   Allan Shivers
(1907–1985)
[128][129]		 July 11, 1949[130]
–
January 15, 1957
(did not run)[128]		 Democratic[18] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Vacant
1950 Ben Ramsey
1952
1954
38   Price Daniel
(1910–1988)
[131][132]		 January 15, 1957[133]
–
January 15, 1963
(lost nomination)[131]		 Democratic[18] 1956
1958
1960
Vacant
39   John Connally
(1917–1993)
[134][135]		 January 15, 1963[136]
–
January 21, 1969
(did not run)[134]		 Democratic[18] 1962 Preston Smith
1964
1966
40   Preston Smith
(1912–2003)
[137][138]		 January 21, 1969[139]
–
January 16, 1973
(lost nomination) 		Democratic[18] 1968 Ben Barnes
1970
41   Dolph Briscoe
(1923–2010)
[140][141]		 January 16, 1973[142]
–
January 16, 1979
(lost nomination)[m]		 Democratic[18] 1972 William P. Hobby Jr.
1974
42   Bill Clements
(1917–2011)
[143]		 January 16, 1979[144]
–
January 18, 1983
(lost election) 		Republican[143] 1978
43   Mark White
(1940–2017)
[145]		 January 18, 1983[146]
–
January 20, 1987
(lost election) 		Democratic[145] 1982
44   Bill Clements
(1917–2011)
[143]		 January 20, 1987[147]
–
January 15, 1991
(did not run) 		Republican[143] 1986
45   Ann Richards
(1933–2006)
[148]		 January 15, 1991[149]
–
January 17, 1995
(lost election) 		Democratic[148] 1990 Bob Bullock
46   George W. Bush
(b. 1946)
[150]		 January 17, 1995[151]
–
December 21, 2000
(resigned)[n]		 Republican[150] 1994
1998 Rick Perry
47   Rick Perry
(b. 1950)
[152]		 December 21, 2000[153]
–
January 20, 2015
(did not run) 		Republican[152] Succeeded from
lieutenant
governor 		Bill Ratliff
2002 David Dewhurst
2006
2010
48   Greg Abbott
(b. 1957)
[154]		 January 20, 2015[155]
–
Incumbent[o]		 Republican[154] 2014 Dan Patrick
2018
2022

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
  2. ^ Horton acted as governor from May 19 to November 15, 1846, while Henderson was out of state commanding troops in Mexico.[18]
  3. ^ Bell resigned, having been elected to the United States House of Representatives.[18][25]
  4. ^ Under the 1845 constitution, governors were ineligible to serve more than four years in any term of six years.[31]
  5. ^ Houston refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States of America, so the secession convention declared the office vacant.[35]
  6. ^ Murrah fled for Mexico around June 11, during the collapse of the Confederacy, dying there two months later.[44] Some sources list Lieutenant Governor Fletcher Stockdale as succeeding him and serving from June 11, to either June 16, when Andrew Jackson Hamilton was appointed military governor,[47][48] or July 25, when Hamilton arrived in Austin.[49] However, some historians disagree on if the office formally transferred to Stockdale,[50] and he is noted in the 2004-2005 Texas Almanac as only "having performed some duties of office."[51]
  7. ^ Throckmorton was removed from office by General Charles Griffin for being an "impediment to reconstruction," and Pease was installed in his place.[55]
  8. ^ Pease resigned due to disagreements with General Joseph J. Reynolds.[28]
  9. ^ Coke resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[62]
  10. ^ Ferguson was impeachment and convicted for mismanagement of funds.[95] Modern sources say he resigned before the trial was complete, but contemporary news shows he still maintained his office and refused to resign.[98]
  11. ^ Hobby became acting governor upon Ferguson's impeachment on August 24;[101] Ferguson was convicted and removed on September 22.[102]
  12. ^ O'Daniel resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[120]
  13. ^ Briscoe lost the Democratic nomination to John Luke Hill.
  14. ^ Bush resigned, having been elected President of the United States.
  15. ^ Abbott's third term began on January 17, 2023, and will expire January 19, 2027.

References edit

General
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  • Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
  • Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5646-8.
  • Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Oceana Publications. ISBN 978-0-379-00665-0. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  • Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 978-0-930466-17-6.
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  6. ^ 1861 Const. art V sec 12
  7. ^ 1866 Const. art V sec 4
  8. ^ 1869 Const. Art IV sec 4
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External links edit

  • Office of the Governor 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

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list, governors, texas, governor, texas, head, government, state, texas, incumbent, greg, abbott, forty, eighth, governor, serve, office, since, texas, statehood, 1845, governor, texasgubernatorial, sealgubernatorial, standardincumbentgreg, abbottsince, januar. The governor of Texas is the head of government of the U S state of Texas The incumbent Greg Abbott is the forty eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas statehood in 1845 Governor of TexasGubernatorial sealGubernatorial standardIncumbentGreg Abbottsince January 20 2015StyleGovernor informal The Honorable formal ResidenceTexas Governor s MansionTerm lengthFour years no term limitInaugural holderJames Pinckney Henderson1846FormationTexas ConstitutionSalary 150 000 2013 1 Websitegov wbr texas wbr govWhen compared to those of other states the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness 2 3 In some respects it is the lieutenant governor of Texas who presides over the Texas Senate who possesses greater influence to exercise their prerogatives 2 3 Rick Perry is the longest serving governor 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 elected in 2002 and he was re elected in 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 elected in 1950 and re elected in 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 Current governor Greg Abbott was elected in 2014 and re elected in 2018 and again in 2022 With his recent re election Abbott is on track to becoming the state s second longest serving governor with 12 years of service by January 19 2027 Contents 1 Governors 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksGovernors editFor the period before annexation see List of Texas governors and presidents Texas was annexed by the United States and admitted to the Union on December 29 1845 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 sixteen states territory or jurisdiction including the U S Territory Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia 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 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 Governors of the State of Texas No Governor Term in office Party Election Lt Governor a 1 nbsp J Pinckney Henderson 1808 1858 15 16 February 19 1846 17 December 21 1847 did not run 15 Democratic 18 1845 Albert Clinton Horton b 2 nbsp George Tyler Wood 1795 1858 19 20 December 21 1847 21 December 21 1849 lost election Democratic 18 1847 John Alexander Greer3 nbsp Peter Hansborough Bell 1810 1898 22 23 December 21 1849 24 November 23 1853 resigned c Democratic 18 18491851 James W Henderson4 nbsp James W Henderson 1817 1880 26 November 23 1853 27 December 21 1853 successor took office Democratic 18 Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant5 nbsp Elisha M Pease 1812 1883 28 29 December 21 1853 30 December 21 1857 term limited d Democratic 18 1853 David Catchings Dickson1855 Hardin Richard Runnels6 nbsp Hardin Richard Runnels 1820 1873 32 33 December 21 1857 34 December 21 1859 lost election Democratic 18 1857 Francis Lubbock7 nbsp Sam Houston 1793 1863 35 36 December 21 1859 37 March 16 1861 removed e Independent 18 1859 Edward Clark8 nbsp Edward Clark 1815 1880 38 39 March 16 1861 40 November 7 1861 lost election Democratic 18 Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant9 nbsp Francis Lubbock 1815 1905 41 42 November 7 1861 43 November 5 1863 did not run Democratic 18 1861 John McClannahan Crockett10 nbsp Pendleton Murrah d 1865 44 45 November 5 1863 46 June 17 1865 office vacated f Democratic 18 1863 Fletcher Stockdale11 nbsp Andrew Jackson Hamilton 1815 1875 52 53 June 17 1865 54 August 9 1866 successor took office Military governorappointed by President Vacant12 nbsp James W Throckmorton 1825 1894 55 56 August 9 1866 57 July 30 1867 removed g Democratic 18 1866 George Washington Jones13 nbsp Elisha M Pease 1812 1883 28 29 July 30 1867 58 September 30 1869 resigned h Installed bymilitary occupation Vacant Vacant 51 September 30 1869 January 8 1870 Office vacatedafter resignation14 nbsp Edmund J Davis 1827 1883 59 60 January 8 1870 61 January 15 1874 lost election Republican 18 186915 nbsp Richard Coke 1829 1897 62 63 January 15 1874 64 December 1 1876 resigned i Democratic 18 1873 Richard B Hubbard187616 nbsp Richard B Hubbard 1832 1901 65 66 December 1 1876 67 January 21 1879 did not run Democratic 18 Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant17 nbsp Oran Milo Roberts 1815 1898 68 69 January 21 1879 70 January 16 1883 did not run Democratic 18 1878 Joseph D Sayers1880 Leonidas J Storey18 nbsp John Ireland 1827 1896 71 72 January 16 1883 73 January 18 1887 did not run Democratic 18 1882 Francis Marion Martin1884 Barnett Gibbs19 nbsp Lawrence Sullivan Ross 1838 1898 74 75 January 18 1887 76 January 20 1891 did not run Democratic 18 1886 Thomas Benton Wheeler188820 nbsp Jim Hogg 1851 1906 77 78 January 20 1891 79 January 15 1895 did not run Democratic 18 1890 George C Pendleton1892 Martin McNulty Crane21 nbsp Charles A Culberson 1855 1925 80 81 January 15 1895 82 January 17 1899 did not run Democratic 18 1894 George Taylor Jester189622 nbsp Joseph D Sayers 1841 1929 83 84 January 17 1899 85 January 20 1903 did not run 83 Democratic 18 1898 James Browning190023 nbsp S W T Lanham 1846 1908 86 87 January 20 1903 88 January 15 1907 did not run 86 Democratic 18 1902 George D Neal190424 nbsp Thomas Mitchell Campbell 1856 1923 89 90 January 15 1907 91 January 17 1911 did not run 89 Democratic 18 1906 Asbury Bascom Davidson190825 nbsp Oscar Branch Colquitt 1861 1940 92 93 January 17 1911 94 January 19 1915 did not run 92 Democratic 18 19101912 William Harding Mayes26 nbsp James E Ferguson 1871 1944 95 96 January 19 1915 97 September 22 1917 impeached and removed j Democratic 18 1914 William P Hobby191627 nbsp William P Hobby 1878 1964 99 100 September 22 1917 k January 18 1921 did not run 99 Democratic 18 Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant1918 Willard Arnold Johnson28 nbsp Pat Morris Neff 1871 1952 103 104 January 18 1921 105 January 20 1925 did not run 103 Democratic 18 1920 Lynch Davidson1922 Thomas Whitfield Davidson29 nbsp Miriam A Ferguson 1875 1961 106 107 January 20 1925 108 January 18 1927 lost nomination 106 Democratic 18 1924 Barry Miller30 nbsp Dan Moody 1893 1966 109 110 January 18 1927 111 January 20 1931 did not run 109 Democratic 18 1926192831 nbsp Ross S Sterling 1875 1949 112 113 January 20 1931 114 January 17 1933 lost nomination 112 Democratic 18 1930 Edgar E Witt32 nbsp Miriam A Ferguson 1875 1961 106 107 January 17 1933 115 January 15 1935 did not run 106 Democratic 18 193233 nbsp James Burr V Allred 1899 1959 116 117 January 15 1935 118 January 17 1939 did not run 116 Democratic 18 1934 Walter Frank Woodul193634 nbsp W Lee O Daniel 1890 1969 119 120 January 17 1939 121 August 4 1941 resigned l Democratic 18 1938 Coke R Stevenson194035 nbsp Coke R Stevenson 1888 1975 122 123 August 4 1941 124 January 21 1947 did not run Democratic 18 Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant1942 John Lee Smith194436 nbsp Beauford H Jester 1893 1949 125 126 January 21 1947 127 July 11 1949 died in office Democratic 18 1946 Allan Shivers194837 nbsp Allan Shivers 1907 1985 128 129 July 11 1949 130 January 15 1957 did not run 128 Democratic 18 Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Vacant1950 Ben Ramsey1952195438 nbsp Price Daniel 1910 1988 131 132 January 15 1957 133 January 15 1963 lost nomination 131 Democratic 18 195619581960Vacant39 nbsp John Connally 1917 1993 134 135 January 15 1963 136 January 21 1969 did not run 134 Democratic 18 1962 Preston Smith1964196640 nbsp Preston Smith 1912 2003 137 138 January 21 1969 139 January 16 1973 lost nomination Democratic 18 1968 Ben Barnes197041 nbsp Dolph Briscoe 1923 2010 140 141 January 16 1973 142 January 16 1979 lost nomination m Democratic 18 1972 William P Hobby Jr 197442 nbsp Bill Clements 1917 2011 143 January 16 1979 144 January 18 1983 lost election Republican 143 197843 nbsp Mark White 1940 2017 145 January 18 1983 146 January 20 1987 lost election Democratic 145 198244 nbsp Bill Clements 1917 2011 143 January 20 1987 147 January 15 1991 did not run Republican 143 198645 nbsp Ann Richards 1933 2006 148 January 15 1991 149 January 17 1995 lost election Democratic 148 1990 Bob Bullock46 nbsp George W Bush b 1946 150 January 17 1995 151 December 21 2000 resigned n Republican 150 19941998 Rick Perry47 nbsp Rick Perry b 1950 152 December 21 2000 153 January 20 2015 did not run Republican 152 Succeeded fromlieutenantgovernor Bill Ratliff2002 David Dewhurst2006201048 nbsp Greg Abbott b 1957 154 January 20 2015 155 Incumbent o Republican 154 2014 Dan Patrick20182022See also edit nbsp Texas portalGubernatorial lines of succession in the United States TexasNotes edit Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted Horton acted as governor from May 19 to November 15 1846 while Henderson was out of state commanding troops in Mexico 18 Bell resigned having been elected to the United States House of Representatives 18 25 Under the 1845 constitution governors were ineligible to serve more than four years in any term of six years 31 Houston refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States of America so the secession convention declared the office vacant 35 Murrah fled for Mexico around June 11 during the collapse of the Confederacy dying there two months later 44 Some sources list Lieutenant Governor Fletcher Stockdale as succeeding him and serving from June 11 to either June 16 when Andrew Jackson Hamilton was appointed military governor 47 48 or July 25 when Hamilton arrived in Austin 49 However some historians disagree on if the office formally transferred to Stockdale 50 and he is noted in the 2004 2005 Texas Almanac as only having performed some duties of office 51 Throckmorton was removed from office by General Charles Griffin for being an impediment to reconstruction and Pease was installed in his place 55 Pease resigned due to disagreements with General Joseph J Reynolds 28 Coke resigned having been elected to the United States Senate 62 Ferguson was impeachment and convicted for mismanagement of funds 95 Modern sources say he resigned before the trial was complete but contemporary news shows he still maintained his office and refused to resign 98 Hobby became acting governor upon Ferguson s impeachment on August 24 101 Ferguson was convicted and removed on September 22 102 O Daniel resigned having been elected to the United States Senate 120 Briscoe lost the Democratic nomination to John Luke Hill Bush resigned having been elected President of the United States Abbott s third term began on January 17 2023 and will expire January 19 2027 References editGeneral Former Texas Governors National Governors Association Retrieved July 5 2023 Sobel Robert 1978 Biographical directory of the governors of the United States 1789 1978 Vol IV Meckler Books ISBN 9780930466008 Retrieved June 13 2023 Dubin Michael J 2003 United States Gubernatorial Elections 1776 1860 The Official Results by State and County McFarland ISBN 978 0 7864 1439 0 Dubin Michael J 2014 United States Gubernatorial Elections 1861 1911 The Official Results by State and County McFarland ISBN 978 0 7864 5646 8 Kallenbach Joseph Ernest 1977 American State Governors 1776 1976 Oceana Publications ISBN 978 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