Governors of Texas
1846 - 2010
J. Pinckney Henderson
February 19, 1846-December 21, 1847
George T. Wood
December 21, 1847-December 21, 1849
Peter Hansbrough Bell
December 21, 1849-November 23, 1853
J. W. Henderson
November 23, 1853-December 21, 1853
Elisha M. Pease
December 21, 1853-December 21, 1857
Hardin R. Runnels
December 21, 1857-December 21, 1859
Sam Houston
December 21, 1859-March 16, 1861
Edward Clark
March 16, 1861-November 7, 1861
Francis R. Lubbock
November 7, 1861-November 5, 1863
Pendleton Murrah
November 5, 1863-June 17, 1865
Andrew J. Hamilton
June 17, 1865--August 9, 1866
James W. Throckmorton
August 9, 1866-August 8, 1867
Elisha M. Pease
August 8, 1867-September 30, 1869
Edmund J. Davis
January 8, 1870-January 15, 1874
Richard Coke
January 15, 1874-December 1, 1876
Richard B. Hubbard
December 1, 1876-January 21, 1879
Oran M. Roberts
January 21, 1879-January 16, 1883
John Ireland
January 16, 1883-January 18, 1887
Lawrence Sullivan Ross
January 18, 1887-January 20, 1891
James Stephen Hogg
January 20, 1891-January 15, 1895
Charles A. Culberson
January 15, 1895-January 17, 1899
Joseph D. Sayers
January 17, 1899-January 20, 1903
S. W. T. Lanham
January 20, 1903-January 15, 1907
Thomas Mitchell Campbell
January 15, 1907-January 17, 1911
Oscar Branch Colquitt
January 17, 1911-January 19, 1915
James E. Ferguson
January 19, 1915-August 25, 1917
William Pettus Hobby
August 25, 1917-January 18, 1921
Pat Morris Neff
January 18, 1921-January 20, 1925
Miriam A. Ferguson
January 20, 1925-January 17, 1927
Dan Moody
January 17, 1927-January 20, 1931
Ross S. Sterling
January 20, 1931-January 17, 1933
Miriam A. Ferguson
January 17, 1933-January 15, 1935
James V. Allred
January 15, 1935-January 17, 1939
W. Lee O'Daniel
January 17, 1939-August 4, 1941
Coke R. Stevenson
August 4, 1941-January 21, 1947
Beauford H. Jester
January 21, 1947-July 11, 1949
Allan Shivers
July 11, 1949-January 15, 1957
Price Daniel
January 15, 1957-January 15, 1963
John Connally
January 15, 1963-January 21, 1969
Preston Smith
January 21, 1969-January 16, 1973
Dolph Briscoe
January 16, 1973-January 16, 1979
William P. Clements
January 16, 1979-January 18, 1983
Mark White
January 18, 1983-January 20, 1987
William P. Clements
January 20, 1987-January 15, 1991
Ann W. Richards
January 15, 1991-January 17, 1995
George W. Bush
January 17, 1995-December 21, 2000
James Richard Perry
December 21, 2000 to 2010