<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th_colspan="3"> Governor </Th> <Th> Term in office </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th> Election </Th> <Th> Prior office </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Lt. Governor </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> James Pinckney Henderson March 31, 1808 - June 4, 1858 (Aged 50) </Td> <Td> February 19, 1846 - December 21, 1847 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1845 </Td> <Td> Minister to England and France Republic of Texas (1837 - 1840) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Albert Clinton Horton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George T. Wood March 12, 1795 - September 3, 1858 (Aged 63) </Td> <Td> December 21, 1847--December 21, 1849 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1847 </Td> <Td> Texas State Senator (1846 - 1847) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Alexander Greer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Peter Hansborough Bell May 11, 1810 - March 8, 1898 (Aged 87) </Td> <Td> December 21, 1849--November 23, 1853 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1849 </Td> <Td> Lieutenant colonel of the Second Regiment Texas Mounted Volunteers (1845 - 1949) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1851 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> James W. Henderson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> James W. Henderson August 15, 1817 - August 30, 1880 (Aged 63) </Td> <Td> November 23, 1853--December 21, 1853 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1851 - 1853) </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Office vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Elisha M. Pease January 3, 1812 - August 26, 1883 (Aged 71) </Td> <Td> December 21, 1853--December 21, 1857 </Td> <Td> Unionist </Td> <Td> 1853 </Td> <Td> Texas State Senator (1849 - 1851) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David Catchings Dickson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1855 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hardin Richard Runnels </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hardin R. Runnels August 30, 1820 - December 25, 1873 (Aged 53) </Td> <Td> December 21, 1857--December 21, 1859 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1857 </Td> <Td> 3rd Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1855 - 1857) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Francis Lubbock </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sam Houston March 2, 1793 - July 26, 1863 (Aged 70) </Td> <Td> December 21, 1859--March 16, 1861 </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> <Td> 1859 </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Texas (1846 - 1859) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edward Clark </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edward Clark April 1, 1815 - May 4, 1880 (Aged 65) </Td> <Td> March 18, 1861--November 7, 1861 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 7th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1859 - 1861) </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Office vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Francis Lubbock October 16, 1815 - June 22, 1905 (Aged 89) </Td> <Td> November 7, 1861--November 5, 1863 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1861 </Td> <Td> 6th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1857 - 1859) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John McClannahan Crockett </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pendleton Murrah 1824 or 1826 - August 4, 1865 (Aged about 40) </Td> <Td> November 5, 1863--June 17, 1865 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1863 </Td> <Td> Texas State Representative (1857) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> - </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale 1823 or 1825 - February 4, 1890 (Aged about 67) </Td> <Td> June 11, 1865--June 16, 1865 </Td> <Td> Military </Td> <Td> 9th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1863 - 1865) </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Office vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Andrew Jackson Hamilton January 28, 1815 - April 11, 1875 (Aged 60) </Td> <Td> June 16, 1865--August 9, 1866 </Td> <Td> Democratic - Military </Td> <Td> Texas State Senator - Elect (1861) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> James W. Throckmorton February 1, 1825 - April 21, 1894 (Aged 69) </Td> <Td> August 9, 1866--August 8, 1867 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1866 </Td> <Td> Captain of the 6th Texas Cavalry Regiment Confederate Army (1861 - 1863) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Washington Jones </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Elisha M. Pease January 3, 1812 - August 26, 1883 (Aged 71) </Td> <Td> August 8, 1867--September 30, 1869 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 5th Governor of Texas (1853 - 1857) </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Office vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edmund J. Davis October 2, 1827 - February 7, 1883 (Aged 55) </Td> <Td> January 8, 1870--January 15, 1874 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1869 </Td> <Td> Brigadier General of the First Texas Cavalry Regiment Union Army (1862 - 1865) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard Coke March 18, 1829 - May 14, 1897 (Aged 68) </Td> <Td> January 15, 1874--December 1, 1876 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1873 </Td> <Td> Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1866 - 1867) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard B. Hubbard </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1876 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard B. Hubbard November 1, 1832 - July 12, 1901 (Aged 68) </Td> <Td> December 1, 1876--January 21, 1879 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 16th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1874 - 1876) </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Office vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Oran Milo Roberts July 9, 1815--May 19, 1898 (Aged 82) </Td> <Td> January 21, 1879--January 16, 1883 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1878 </Td> <Td> 7th Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1874 - 1879) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph D. Sayers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1880 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Leonidas Jefferson Storey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Ireland January 1, 1827--March 15, 1896 (Aged 69) </Td> <Td> January 16, 1883--January 18, 1887 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1882 </Td> <Td> Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court (1875 - 1876) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Francis Marion Martin </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1884 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Barnett Gibbs </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross September 27, 1838--January 3, 1898 (Aged 59) </Td> <Td> January 18, 1887--January 20, 1891 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1886 </Td> <Td> Texas State Senator (1881 - 1883) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas Benton Wheeler </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1888 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jim Hogg March 24, 1851--March 3, 1906 (Aged 54) </Td> <Td> January 20, 1891--January 15, 1895 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1890 </Td> <Td> 21st Attorney General of Texas (1887 - 1891) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Cassety Pendleton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1892 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Martin McNulty Crane </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles A. Culberson June 10, 1855--March 19, 1925 (Aged 69) </Td> <Td> January 15, 1895--January 17, 1899 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1894 </Td> <Td> 22nd Attorney General of Texas (1891 - 1895) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Taylor Jester </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1896 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph D. Sayers September 23, 1841--May 15, 1929 (Aged 87) </Td> <Td> January 17, 1899--January 20, 1903 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1898 </Td> <Td> U.S. Representative for Texas' 9th district (1893 - 1899) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> James Browning </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1900 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> S.W.T. Lanham July 4, 1846--July 29, 1908 (Aged 62) </Td> <Td> January 20, 1903--January 15, 1907 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1902 </Td> <Td> U.S. Representative for Texas' 8th district (1897 - 1903) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George D. Neal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1904 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas Mitchell Campbell April 22, 1856--April 1, 1923 (Aged 66) </Td> <Td> January 15, 1907--January 17, 1911 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1906 </Td> <Td> General Manager of the Railroad (1892 - 1897) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Asbury Bascom Davidson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1908 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Oscar Branch Colquitt December 16, 1861--March 8, 1940 (Aged 78) </Td> <Td> January 17, 1911--January 19, 1915 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1910 </Td> <Td> Texas Railroad Commissioner (1903 - 1911) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1912 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Harding Mayes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> James E. "Pa" Ferguson August 31, 1871--September 21, 1944 (Aged 73) </Td> <Td> January 19, 1915--August 25, 1917 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1914 </Td> <Td> Local banker (since 1906) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William P. Hobby </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1916 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William P. Hobby March 26, 1878--June 7, 1964 (Aged 86) </Td> <Td> August 25, 1917--January 18, 1921 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 24th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1915 - 1917) </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Office vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1918 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Willard Arnold Johnson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pat Morris Neff November 26, 1871--January 20, 1952 (Aged 80) </Td> <Td> January 18, 1921--January 20, 1925 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1920 </Td> <Td> Texas State Representative (1899 - 1903) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lynch Davidson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1922 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas Whitfield Davidson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson June 13, 1875--June 25, 1961 (Aged 86) </Td> <Td> January 20, 1925--January 18, 1927 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1924 </Td> <Td> First Lady of Texas (1915--1917) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Barry Miller </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dan Moody June 1, 1893--May 22, 1966 (Aged 72) </Td> <Td> January 18, 1927--January 20, 1931 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1926 </Td> <Td> 32nd Attorney General of Texas (1931--1935) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1928 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ross S. Sterling February 11, 1875--March 25, 1949 (Aged 74) </Td> <Td> January 20, 1931--January 17, 1933 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1930 </Td> <Td> Chairman of the Texas Highway Commission (1930) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edgar E. Witt </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson June 13, 1875--June 25, 1961 (Aged 86) </Td> <Td> January 17, 1933--January 15, 1935 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1932 </Td> <Td> 29th Governor of Texas (1925 - 1927) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> James Allred March 29, 1899--September 24, 1959 (Aged 60) </Td> <Td> January 15, 1935--January 17, 1939 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1934 </Td> <Td> 35th Attorney General of Texas (1931--1935) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Walter Frank Woodul </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1936 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel March 11, 1890--May 11, 1969 (Aged 79) </Td> <Td> January 17, 1939--August 4, 1941 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1938 </Td> <Td> President of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce (1933 - 1934) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Coke R. Stevenson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1940 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Coke R. Stevenson March 20, 1888--June 28, 1975 (Aged 87) </Td> <Td> August 4, 1941--January 21, 1947 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 31st Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1939 - 1941) </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Office vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1942 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Lee Smith </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1944 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 36 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Beauford H. Jester January 12, 1893--July 11, 1949 (Aged 56) </Td> <Td> January 21, 1947--July 11, 1949 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1946 </Td> <Td> Member of the Texas Railroad Commission (1943 - 1947) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Allan Shivers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1948 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Allan Shivers October 5, 1907--January 14, 1985 (Aged 77) </Td> <Td> July 11, 1949--January 15, 1957 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 33rd Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1947 - 1949) </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Office vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1950 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ben Ramsey </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1952 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1954 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Price Daniel October 10, 1910--August 25, 1988 (Aged 77) </Td> <Td> January 15, 1957--January 15, 1963 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1956 </Td> <Td> U.S. Senator from Texas (1953 - 1957) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1958 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1960 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Office vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Connally February 27, 1917--June 15, 1993 (Aged 76) </Td> <Td> January 15, 1963--January 21, 1969 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1962 </Td> <Td> 56th United States Secretary of the Navy (1961) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Preston Smith </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1966 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Preston Smith March 8, 1912--October 18, 2003 (Aged 91) </Td> <Td> January 21, 1969--January 16, 1973 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> 35th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1963 - 1969) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ben Barnes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1970 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 41 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dolph Briscoe April 23, 1923--June 27, 2010 (Aged 87) </Td> <Td> January 16, 1973--January 16, 1979 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Texas State Representative (1949 - 1957) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William P. Hobby Jr . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 42 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bill Clements April 13, 1917--May 29, 2011 (Aged 94) </Td> <Td> January 16, 1979--January 18, 1983 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1978 </Td> <Td> 15th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (1973 - 1977) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 43 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Mark White March 17, 1940--August 5, 2017 (Aged 77) </Td> <Td> January 18, 1983--January 20, 1987 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> 46th Attorney General of Texas (1979 - 1983) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 44 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bill Clements April 13, 1917--May 29, 2011 (Aged 94) </Td> <Td> January 20, 1987--January 15, 1991 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1986 </Td> <Td> 42nd Governor of Texas (1979 - 1983) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 45 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ann Richards September 1, 1933--September 13, 2006 (Aged 73) </Td> <Td> January 15, 1991--January 17, 1995 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1990 </Td> <Td> Treasurer of Texas (1983 - 1991) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bob Bullock </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 46 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George W. Bush July 6, 1946 (Age 71) </Td> <Td> January 17, 1995--December 21, 2000 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1994 </Td> <Td> Managing General Partner of the Texas Rangers (1989 - 1994) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rick Perry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 47 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rick Perry March 4, 1950 (Age 68) </Td> <Td> December 21, 2000--January 20, 2015 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 39th Lieutenant Governor of Texas (1999 - 2000) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bill Ratliff </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> David Dewhurst </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 48 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Greg Abbott November 13, 1957 (Age 60) </Td> <Td> January 20, 2015--Incumbent </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> 50th Attorney General of Texas (2002 - 2015) </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dan Patrick </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th_colspan="3"> Governor </Th> <Th> Term in office </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th> Election </Th> <Th> Prior office </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Lt. 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Who was elected governor of texas in 1863