Texas Governors

Since admission to the Union on 29 December 1845, Texas has had 48 governors.

For governors prior to statehood, refer to Texas Colonial Governors and Presidents.

1. J. Pinckney Henderson (1846 - 1847)
2. George Tyler Wood (1847 - 1849)
3. Peter Hansborough Bell (1849 - 1853)
4. James W. Henderson (1853 - 1853)
5. Elisha M. Pease (1853 - 1857, first term)
6. Hardin Richard Runnels (1857 - 1859)
7. Sam Houston (1859 - 1861)
8. Edward Clark (1861 - 1861)
9. Francis Lubbock (1861 - 1863)
10. Pendleton Murrah (1863 - 1865)
11. Andrew Jackson Hamilton (1865 - 1866)
12. James W. Throckmorton (1866 - 1867)
13. Elisha M. Pease (1867 - 1869, second term)
14. Edmund J. Davis (1870 - 1874)
15. Richard Coke (1874 - 1876)
16. Richard B. Hubbard (1876 - 1879)
17. Oran Milo Roberts (1879 -1883)
18. John Ireland (1883 - 1887)
19. Lawrence Sullivan Ross (1887 - 1891)
20. Jim Hogg (1891 - 1895)
21. Charles A. Culberson (1895 - 1899)
22. Joseph D. Sayer (1899 -1903)
23. S. W. T. Lanham (1903 - 1907)
24. Thomas Mitchell Campbell (1907 - 1911)
25. Oscar Branch Colquitt (1911 - 1915)
26. James E. Ferguson (1915 - 1917)
27. William P. Hobby (1917 - 1921)
28. Pat Morris Neff (1921 - 1925)
29. Miriam A. Ferguson (1925 - 1927, first term)
30. Dan Moody (1927 - 1931)
31. Ross S. Sterling (1931 - 1933)
32. Miriam A. Ferguson (1933 - 1935, second term)
33. James Burr V. Allred (1935 - 1939)
34. W. Lee O'Daniel (1939 - 1941)
35. Coke R. Stevenson (1941 - 1947)
36. Beauford H. Jester (1947 - 1949)
37. Allan Shivers (1949 -1957)
38. Price Daniel (1957 - 1963)
39. John Connally (1963 - 1969)
40. Preston Smith (1969 - 1973)
41. Dolph Briscoe (1973 - 1979)
42. Bill Clements (1979 - 1983, first term)
43. Mark White (1983 - 1987)
44. Bill Clements (1987 - 1991, second term)
45. Ann Richards (1991 - 1995)
46. George W. Bush (1995 - 2000)
47. Rick Perry (2000 - 2015)
48. Greg Abbott (2015 - Incumbent)

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Texas
• http://www.tshaonline.org/