Elisha Marshall Pease, 1853-1857, 1867-1869 Hardin R. Runnels, 1857-1859 Sam Houston, 1859-1861 Edward Clark, March – Nov. 1861 Francis R. Lubbock, 1861-1863 Pendleton Murrah, 1863-1865 Andrew J. Hamilton, 1865-1866 James Webb Throckmorton, 1866-1867 Edmund Jackson Davis, 1870-1874 Richard Coke, 1874-1876 Richard B. Hubbard, 1876-1879 Oran M. Roberts, 1879-1883 John Ireland, 1883-1887 Lawrence Sullivan Ross, 1887-1891 James Stephen Hogg, 1891-1895 Charles A. Culberson, 1895-1899 Joseph Draper Sayers, 1899-1903 Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham, 1903-1907 Thomas Mitchell Campbell, 1907-1911 Oscar Branch Colquitt, 1911-1915 James E. Ferguson, 1915-1917 William Pettus Hobby, 1917-1921 Pat Morris Neff, 1921-1925 Miriam A. Ferguson, 1925-27 & 33-35 Dan Moody, 1927-1931 Ross S. Sterling, 1931-1933 James V. Allred, 1935-1939 W. Lee O’Daniel, 1939-1941 Coke R. Stevenson, 1941-1947 Beauford Halbert Jester, 1947-1949 Allan Shivers, 1949-1957 Price Daniel, 1957-1963 John B. Connally, 1963-1969 Preston Smith, 1969-1973 Dolph Briscoe, Jr., 1973-1979 William P. Clements, Jr., 1979-83 & 87-91 Mark Wells White, 1983-1987 Ann Willis Richards, 1991-1995 George W. Bush, 1995-2000 Rick Perry, 2000-2015
Elisha Marshall Pease, 1853-1857, 1867-1869 Hardin R. Runnels, 1857-1859 Sam Houston, 1859-1861 Edward Clark, March – Nov. 1861 Francis R. Lubbock, 1861-1863 Pendleton Murrah, 1863-1865 Andrew J. Hamilton, 1865-1866 James Webb Throckmorton, 1866-1867 Edmund Jackson Davis, 1870-1874 Richard Coke, 1874-1876 Richard B. Hubbard, 1876-1879 Oran M. Roberts, 1879-1883 John Ireland, 1883-1887 Lawrence Sullivan Ross, 1887-1891 James Stephen Hogg, 1891-1895 Charles A. Culberson, 1895-1899 Joseph Draper Sayers, 1899-1903 Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham, 1903-1907 Thomas Mitchell Campbell, 1907-1911 Oscar Branch Colquitt, 1911-1915 James E. Ferguson, 1915-1917 William Pettus Hobby, 1917-1921 Pat Morris Neff, 1921-1925 Miriam A. Ferguson, 1925-27 & 33-35 Dan Moody, 1927-1931 Ross S. Sterling, 1931-1933 James V. Allred, 1935-1939 W. Lee O’Daniel, 1939-1941 Coke R. Stevenson, 1941-1947 Beauford Halbert Jester, 1947-1949 Allan Shivers, 1949-1957 Price Daniel, 1957-1963 John B. Connally, 1963-1969 Preston Smith, 1969-1973 Dolph Briscoe, Jr., 1973-1979 William P. Clements, Jr., 1979-83 & 87-91 Mark Wells White, 1983-1987 Ann Willis Richards, 1991-1995 George W. Bush, 1995-2000 Rick Perry, 2000-2015