<Li> George W. Bush (1995--2000) (1946 - 07 - 06) July 6, 1946 (age 71) </Li> <Li> Rick Perry (2000--2015) (1950 - 03 - 04) March 4, 1950 (age 67) </Li> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

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