B. Governors, Presidents, and Military Commanders of Texas
During the Spanish period Governors of Texas were appointed by Spanish Royal decree except in case of Ad Interim governors who were appointed by the Viceroy of Nueva Espana.
1525- Panfilo Narvaez
1580- Luis de Carabajal de la Cueva
1691-1692 Domingo Teran de los Rios
1692-1697 Gregorio de Salinas
1698-1702 Francisco Cuerbo y Valdez
1703-1705 Mathias de Alarcon
1708-1712 Simon Padilla y Cordova
1712-1714 Pedro Fermin de Echevers y Subisa
1714-1716 Juan Valdez
1716-1719 Martin de Alarcon
1719 Don Juan de Olivran Rebolledo (appointed, but did not serve)
1719-1722 Marques de San Miquel de Aquayo
1722-1727 Ferando Perez de Almazan
1727-1730 Melchor de Media Villa y Ascona
1730-1734 Juan Antonio de Bustillo y Zevallos
1734-1736 Manuel de Sandoval
1736-1737 Carlos Benito Franquis de Lugo
1737 Fernandez de Jauregui u Urritia
1737-1740 Prudenciro de Orbio Basterra
1741-1743 Tomas Felipe Wintuisen
1743-1744 Justo Boneo y Morales
1744-1748 Francisco García Larios
1748-1750 Pedro del Barrio y Junco y Espriella
1751-1759 Jacinto de Barrios y Jáuregui
1759-1767 Angel de Martos y Navarrete
1767 Antonio Cordero (appointed, but did not serve)
1767-1770 Hugo Oconor, Ad Interim
1770-1778 The Baron de Ripperdá
1779 Athanase de Mezieres (appointed, but did not serve)
1779-1786 Domingo Cabello
1787 Bernado Donavia (appointed, but did not serve)
1787-1788 Rafael Martinez Pacheco
1788-1790 office vacant, duties performed by a presidial captain
1790-1798 Manuel Muñoz
1798 Josef Irigoyen (appointed, but did not serve)
1799-1805 Juan Bautista Elguezabel
1805-1810 Antonio Cordero y Bustamante
1810 - 1813 Manuel de Salcedo
1811 Juan Bautista de las Casas
1814-1818 Cristobal Dominguez
1817 Ignacio Perez
Manuel Pardo
Benito Arminan
Mariano Varela
1817-1822 Antonio Martinez
Governor of Texas Appointed by the Emperor of Mexico
1822-1823 Jose Felix Trespalacios
Governor of Texas Appointed by the President of Mexico
1823-1824 Luciano Garcia
Governors of Coahuila y Texas Appointed by the President of Mexico
1824-1826 Rafael Gonzales
Jose Ignacio de Arizpe
1826-1827 Victor Blanco
1827-1830 José Maria Viesca
1830-1831 Ramon Eca y Musquiz
1831-1832 Jose Maria Letona
1832 Ramon Eca y Musquiz Marciel Borrego
1832-1833 Juan Martin de Vermendi
1833-1834 Juan José de Vidauri y Villsenor
1834-1835 Juan José Elguezbal (son of 1799 gov)
1835 José María Cantu
Agustin M. Viesca
Miguel Falcon
Bartolome de Cardinas
Marciel Brrego
Ramon Eca y Musquiz
General Martin Perfecto de Cos
Governors of Texas Elected by a Convention of Texans
1835 Henry Smith (impeached?)
James W. Robinson (Lt. Gov. under Smith) both men acted as Governor.
Presidents of the Republic of Texas Elected by a Convention of Texans
1836 David G. Burnet
Presidents of the Republic of Texas Elected by Citizens of the Republic of Texas
1836-1838 Sam Houston
1838-1841 Mirabeau B. Lamar
1841-1844 Sam Houston
1844-1846 Anson Jones
Governors of Texas Elected by the Citizens of the State of Texas
1846-1847 J. Pinckney Henderson
Albert Horton, Lt. Gov., served when Henderson was in Mexican War
1847-1849 George T. Wood
1849-1853 P. Hansbrough Bell
1853 J. W. Henderson
1853-1857 Elisha Pease
1857-1859 Hardin R. Runnels
1859-1861 Sam Houston
Governors of Texas Elected by the Citizens of the Confederate State of Texas
1861 Edward Clark
1861-1863 Francis R. Lubbock
1863-1865 Pendleton Murrah
1865 Fletcher Stockdale, Lieutenant Governor served after Murrah left office for Mexico.
U.S. Military Commander of Texas
1865 General Gordon Granger (June)
Governor of Texas Appointed by United States President
1865-1866 Andrew J. Hamilton
Governor of Texas Elected by the Citizens of the State of Texas
1866-1867 James W. Throckmorton
Military Commander of the Fifth District (Texas and Louisiana)
1867 General Philip Sheridan
Commander of the Texas Military District
1867 Charles Griffin
Governor of Texas Appointed by the Commander of the Fifth Military District
1867-1869 Elish M. Pease
Military Governor of Texas, Commander of the Texas Military District
1869-1870 Joseph Jones Reynolds
Governor of Texas Appointed by Commander of Fifth Military District (after being elected? by the citizens of Texas)
1870-1874 Edmund J. Davis
Governors of Texas Elected by the Citizens of Texas
1874-1876 Richard Coke
1876-1879 Richard Hubbard
1879-1883 Oran M. Roberts
1883-1887 John Ireland
1887-1891 Lawrence Sullivan Ross
1891-1895 James Stephen Hogg
1895-1899 Charles A. Culberson
1899-1903 Joseph D. Sayers
1903-1907 S. W. Lanham
1907-1911 Thomas Mitchell Campbell
1911-1915 Oscar Branch Colquitt
1915-1917 James E. Ferguson
1917-1921 William Pettus Hobby
1921-1925 Pat Morris Neff
1925-1927 Miriam A. Ferguson
1927-1931 Dan Moody
1931-1933 Ross S. Sterling
1935-1939 James V. Allred
1939-1941 W. Lee O'Daniel
1941-1947 Coke R. Stevenson
1947-1949 Beauford H. Jester
1949-1957 Allen Shivers
1957-1963 Price Daniel
1963-1969 John B. Connally
1969-1973 Preston Smith
1973-1979 Dolph Briscoe
1979-1983 William Clements
1983-1987 Mark White
1987-1991 William Clements
1991- 1995 Ann Richards
1995- 2001 George W. Bush
2001 Rick Perry former Lieutenant Governor became governor when Bush became President of U.S.
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