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Governors of Texas

# Name Picture Took office Left office Party Lt. Governor Notes
1 James Pinckney Henderson February 19, 1846 December 21, 1847 Democratic Albert Clinton Horton
2 George T. Wood December 21, 1847 December 21, 1849 Democratic John Alexander Greer
3 Peter Hansborough Bell December 21, 1849 November 23, 1853 Democratic John Alexander Greer (1849–51)
James W. Henderson (1851–53)
4 James W. Henderson November 23, 1853 December 21, 1853 Democratic Vacant
5 Elisha M. Pease December 21, 1853 December 21, 1857 Unionist David Catchings Dickson (1853–55)
Hardin Richard Runnels (1855–57)
6 Hardin R. Runnels December 21, 1857 December 21, 1859 Democratic Francis R. Lubbock
7 Sam Houston December 21, 1859 March 18, 1861 Independent Edward Clark
8 Edward Clark March 18, 1861 November 7, 1861 Democratic Vacant
9 Francis R. Lubbock November 7, 1861 November 5, 1863 Democratic John McClannahan Crockett
10 Pendleton Murrah November 5, 1863 June 17, 1865 Democratic Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale
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Interim		 Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale June 11, 1865 June 16, 1865 Military Vacant
11 Andrew J. Hamilton June 17, 1865 August 9, 1866 Democratic-Military Vacant
12 James W. Throckmorton August 9, 1866 August 8, 1867 Democratic George Washington Jones
13 Elisha M. Pease June 8, 1867 September 30, 1869 Republican Vacant
14 Edmund J. Davis January 8, 1870 January 15, 1874 Republican Vacant
15 Richard Coke January 15, 1874 December 21, 1876 Democratic Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr.
16 Richard B. Hubbard December 21, 1876 January 21, 1879 Democratic Vacant
17 Oran M. Roberts January 21, 1879 January 16, 1883 Democratic Joseph Draper Sayers (1879–81)
Leonidas Jefferson Storey (1881–83)
18 John Ireland January 16, 1883 January 20, 1887 Democratic Francis Marion Martin (1883–85)
Barnett Gibbs (1885–87)
19 Lawrence Sullivan Ross January 18, 1887 January 20, 1891 Democratic Thomas Benton Wheeler
20 James Stephen Hogg January 20, 1891 January 15, 1895 Democratic George Cassety Pendleton (1891–93)
Martin McNulty Crane (1893–95)
21 Charles A. Culberson January 15, 1895 January 17, 1899 Democratic George Taylor Jester
22 Joseph D. Sayers January 17, 1899 January 20, 1903 Democratic James Nathan Browning
23 S. W. T. Lanham January 20, 1903 January 15, 1907 Democratic George D. Neal
24 Thomas Mitchell Campbell January 15, 1907 January 17, 1911 Democratic Asbury Bascom Davidson
25 Oscar Branch Colquitt January 17, 1911 January 19, 1915 Democratic Asbury Bascom Davidson (1911–13)
William Harding Mayes (1913–15)
26 James E. "Pa" Ferguson January 19, 1915 August 25, 1917 Democratic William Pettus Hobby, Sr.
27 William P. Hobby August 25, 1917 January 18, 1921 Democratic Vacant (1917–19)
Willard Arnold Johnson (1919–21)
28 Pat Morris Neff January 18, 1921 January 20, 1925 Democratic Lynch Davidson (1921–23)
Thomas Whitfield Davidson (1923–25)
29 Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson January 20, 1925 January 17, 1927 Democratic Barry Miller
30 Dan Moody January 17, 1927 January 20, 1931 Democratic
31 Ross S. Sterling January 20, 1931 January 17, 1933 Democratic Edgar E. Witt
32 Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson January 17, 1933 January 15, 1935 Democratic
33 James V. Allred January 15, 1935 January 17, 1939 Democratic Walter Frank Woodul
34 W. Lee O'Daniel January 17, 1939 August 4, 1941 Democratic Coke R. Stevenson
35 Coke R. Stevenson August 4, 1941 January 21, 1947 Democratic Vacant (1941–43)
John Lee Smith (1943–47)
36 Beauford H. Jester January 21, 1947 July 11, 1949 Democratic Allan Shivers
37 Allan Shivers July 11, 1949 January 15, 1957 Democratic Vacant (1949–51)
Ben Ramsey (1951–53)
38 Price Daniel January 15, 1957 January 15, 1963 Democratic Ben Ramsey
39 John Connally January 15, 1963 January 21, 1969 Democratic Preston Smith
40 Preston Smith January 21, 1969 January 16, 1973 Democratic Ben Barnes
41 Dolph Briscoe January 16, 1973 January 16, 1979 Democratic William P. Hobby, Jr.
42 Bill Clements January 16, 1979 January 18, 1983 Republican
43 Mark White January 18, 1983 January 20, 1987 Democratic
44 Bill Clements January 20, 1987 January 15, 1991 Republican
45 Ann Richards January 15, 1991 January 17, 1995 Democratic Bob Bullock
46 George W. Bush January 17, 1995 December 21, 2000 Republican Bob Bullock (1995–99)
Rick Perry (1999–2000)
47 Rick Perry December 21, 2000 Incumbent Republican Bill Ratliff (acting) (2000–03)
David Dewhurst (2003–present)

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