Governors of Texas, 1846-present
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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