Historical Record
Previous Governors of Texas
Governors who previously held office in Texas, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesGreg AbbottRepublican2015–2027
Rick PerryRepublican2000–2015
George W. BushRepublican1995–2000
Ann RichardsDemocrat1991–1995
Bill ClementsRepublican1987–1991
Mark WhiteDemocrat1983–1987
Bill ClementsRepublican1979–1983
Dolph BriscoeDemocrat1973–1979
Preston SmithDemocrat1969–1973
John ConnallyDemocrat1963–1969
Price DanielDemocrat1957–1963
Allan ShiversDemocrat1949–1957
Beauford H. JesterDemocrat1947–1949
Coke R. StevensonDemocrat1941–1947
W. Lee O'DanielDemocrat1939–1941
James Burr V AllredDemocrat1935–1939
Miriam A. FergusonDemocrat1933–1935
Ross S. SterlingDemocrat1931–1933
Dan MoodyDemocrat1927–1931
Miriam A. FergusonDemocrat1925–1927
Pat Morris NeffDemocrat1921–1925
William P. HobbyDemocrat1917–1921
James E. FergusonDemocrat1915–1917
Oscar Branch ColquittDemocrat1911–1915
Thomas Mitchell CampbellDemocrat1907–1911
S. W. T. LanhamDemocrat1903–1907
Joseph D. SayersDemocrat1899–1903
Charles A. CulbersonDemocrat1895–1899
Jim HoggDemocrat1891–1895
Lawrence Sullivan RossDemocrat1887–1891
John IrelandDemocrat1883–1887
Oran Milo RobertsDemocrat1879–1883
Richard B. HubbardDemocrat1876–1879
Richard CokeDemocrat1874–1876
Edmund J. DavisRepublican1870–1874
Elisha M. PeaseIndependent1867–1869
James W. ThrockmortonDemocrat1866–1867
Andrew Jackson HamiltonIndependent1865–1866
Pendleton MurrahDemocrat1863–1865
Francis LubbockDemocrat1861–1863
Edward ClarkDemocrat1861–1861
Sam HoustonIndependent1859–1861
Hardin Richard RunnelsDemocrat1857–1859
Elisha M. PeaseDemocrat1853–1857
James W. HendersonDemocrat1853–1853
Peter Hansborough BellDemocrat1849–1853
George Tyler WoodDemocrat1847–1849
J. Pinckney HendersonDemocrat1846–1847