Governors of Texas, 1846-present

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• 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-January 20, 2015


• Gregory Wayne Abbott
  January 20, 2015 to present