List of Governors of Texas

Governors of Texas

1. J. Pinckney Henderson (February 19, 1846 - December 21, 1847)
2. George T. Wood (December 21, 1847 - December 21, 1849)
3. Peter Hansborough Bell (December 21, 1849 - November 23, 1853)
4. J. W. Henderson (November 23, 1853 - December 21, 1853)
5. Elisha M. Pease (December 21, 1853 - December 21, 1857)
6. Hardin R. Runnels (December 21, 1857 - December 21, 1859)
7. Sam Houston (December 21, 1859 - March 16, 1861)
8. Edward Clark (March 16, 1861 - November 7, 1861)
9. Francis R. Lubbock (November 7, 1861 - November 5, 1863)
10. Pendleton Murrah (November 5, 1863 - June 17, 1865)
11. Andrew J. Hamilton (June 17, 1865 - August 9, 1866)
12. James W. Throckmorton (August 9, 1866 - August 8, 1867)
13. Elisha M. Pease (August 8, 1867 - September 30, 1869)
14. Edmund J. Davis (January 8, 1870 - January 15, 1874)
15. Richard Coke (January 15, 1874 - December 1, 1876)
16. Richard B. Hubbard (December 1, 1876 - January 21, 1879)
17. Oran M. Roberts (January 21, 1879 - January 16, 1883)
18. John Ireland (January 16, 1883 - January 18, 1887)
19. Lawrence Sullivan Ross (January 18, 1887 - January 20, 1891)
20. James Stephen Hogg (January 20, 1891 - January 15, 1895)
21. Charles A. Culberson (January 15, 1895 - January 17, 1899)
22. Joseph D. Sayers (January 17, 1899 - January 20, 1903)
23. S.W.T. Lanham (January 20, 1903 - January 15, 1907)
24. Thomas Mitchell Campbell (January 15, 1907 - January 17, 1911)
25. Oscar Branch Colquitt (January 17, 1911 - January 19, 1915)
26. James E. Ferguson (January 19, 1915 - August 25, 1917)
27. William Pettus Hobby (August 25, 1917 - January 18, 1921)
28. Pat Morris Neff (January 18, 1921 - January 20, 1925)
29. Miriam A. Ferguson (January 20, 1925 - January 17, 1927)
30. Dan Moody (January 17, 1927 - January 20, 1931)
31. Ross S. Sterling (January 20, 1931 - January 17, 1933)
32. Miriam A. Ferguson (January 17, 1933 - January 15, 1935)
33. James V. Allred (January 15, 1935 - January 17, 1939)
34. W. Lee O'Daniel (January 17, 1939 - August 4, 1941)
35. Coke R. Stevenson (August 4, 1941 - January 21, 1947)
36. Beauford H. Jester (January 21, 1947 - July 11, 1949)
37. Allan Shivers (July 11, 1949 - January 15, 1957)
38. Price Daniel (January 15, 1957 - January 15, 1963)
39. John Connally (January 15, 1963 - January 21, 1969)
40. Preston Smith (January 21, 1969 - January 16, 1973)
41. Dolph Briscoe (January 16, 1973 - January 16, 1979)
42. William P. Clements (January 16, 1979 - January 18, 1983)
43. Mark White (January 18, 1983 - January 20, 1987)
44. William P. Clements (January 20, 1987 - January 15, 1991)
45. Ann Richards (Democrat) (January 15, 1991 - January 17, 1995)
46. George W. Bush (Republican) (January 17, 1995 - December 21, 2000)
47. J. Richard Perry (Republican) (December 21, 2000 - present)

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