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428 Texas Almanac 2004-2005
Dan Moody.........................Jan. 17, 1927-Jan. 20, 1931
Ross S. Sterling..................Jan. 20, 1931-Jan. 17, 1933
Miriam A. Ferguson .............Jan. 17, 1933-Jan. 15, 1935
James V. AlIred ....................Jan. 15, 1935-Jan. 17, 1939
W. Lee O'Daniel (resigned to enter United States
Senate)............................ Jan. 17, 1939-Aug. 4, 1941
Coke R. Stevenson............... Aug. 4, 1941-Jan. 21, 1947
Beauford H. Jester............... Jan. 21, 1947-July 11, 1949
Allan Shivers (Lt. Governor succeeded on death of
Governor Jester Elected in 1950 and re-elected
in 1952 and 1954) ........... July 11, 1949-Jan. 15, 1957
Price Daniel........................Jan. 15, 1957-Jan. 15, 1963
John Connally ....................Jan. 15, 1963-Jan. 21, 1969
Preston Smith.....................Jan. 21, 1969-Jan. 16, 1973
*Dolph Briscoe ...................Jan. 16, 1973-Jan. 16, 1979
""**William P. Clements..........Jan. 16, 1979-Jan. 18, 1983
Mark White .........................Jan. 18, 1983-Jan. 20, 1987
"William P. Clements ..........Jan. 20, 1987-Jan. 15, 1991
Ann W. Richards ............. Jan. 15, 1991-Jan. 17, 1995
"George W. Bush................ Jan. 17, 1995-Dec. 21, 2000
""Rick Perry (Lt. Governor succeeded on inauguration
of Bush as U.S. President....... Dec. 21, 2000-Present
*Effective in 1975, term of office was raised to 4 years,
according to a constitutional amendment approved by Texas
voters in 1972. See introduction to State Government chapter
in this edition for other state officials whose terms were raised
to four years.
"Republicans.
Vice Presidents and Lieutenant Governors
Vice Presidents of Republic
Date Elected
Lorenzo de Zavala (provisional Vice President)
Mirabeau B. Lamar ... ......................... Sept. 5, 1836
David G. Burnet.... ........................... Sept. 3, 1838
Edward Burleson.... ......................... Sept. 6, 1841
Kenneth L. Anderson .............. ..................... Sept. 2, 1844
Lieutenant Governors
Albert C. Horton.............................................. 1846-1847
John A. Greer ................................................. 1847-1851
J. W. Henderson.... .......................... Aug. 4, 1851
D. C. Dickson .... ........................... 1853-1855
H. R. Runnels............................................... Aug. 6, 1855
F. R. Lubbock.... ............................ Aug. 4, 1857
Edward Clark.... ............................ Aug. 1, 1859
John M. Crockett.... ........................... 1861-1863
Fletcher S. Stockdale....................................... 1863-1866
G eorge W . Jones .......................................................1866
(Jones was removed by General Sheridan.)
J. W . Flanagan ...........................................................1869
(Flanagan was appointed U.S. Senator and was
never inaugurated as Lt. Gov.)
R. B. Hubbard ... .............................. 1873-1876
J. D. Sayers............................................. 1878-1880
L. J. Storey....................................................... 1880-1882
M arion M artin .................................................. 1882-1884
Barnett G ibbs .................................................. 1884-1886
T. B. W heeler .................................................... 1886-1890
George C. Pendleton .......................................1890-1892
M. M. Crane .......................... Jan. 17, 1893-Jan. 25, 1895
George T Jester ... .......................... 1895-1898
J. N. Browning............................................... 1898-1902
George D. Neal.... ............................ 1902-1906
A. B. Davidson ................................................ 1906-1912
W ill H. M ayes................................................ 1912-1914
W illiam Pettus Hobby.................. ................. 1914-1917
W. A. Johnson (served Hobby's unexpired
term and until .................................. ....January 1920)
Lynch Davidson.... ........................... 1920-1922
T. W . Davidson ................................................ 1922-1924
Barry M iller ..................................................... 1924-1931
Edgar E. W itt................................................... 1931-1935
W alter W oodul ................................................ 1935-1939Coke R. Stevenson ...................................... ....1939-1941
John Lee Smith.... .....................1943-Jan. 21, 1947
Allan Shivers ................... ....Jan. 21, 1947-July 11, 1949
(Shivers succeeded to the governorship on death of Gover-
nor Beauford H. Jester.)
Ben Ramsey.... ........................ 1951-Sept. 18, 1961
(Ben Ramsey resigned to become a member of the State
Railroad Commission.)
Preston Sm ith..................................................1963-1969
Ben Barnes .....................................................1969-1973
W illiam P Hobby Jr..........................................1973-1991
Robert D. Bullock.............................................1991-1999
Rick Perry ......................................... 1999-Dec. 21, 2000
"Bill Ratliff .............................Dec. 28, 2000-Jan. 21, 2003
David Dewhurst........................ ....Jan. 21, 2003-Present
*Elected by Senate when Rick Perry succeeded to gover-
norship on election of George W Bush as U.S. President.
Secretaries of State
Republic of Texas
Raines Yearbook for Texas, 1901, gives the following
record of Secretaries of State during the era of the Repub-
lic of Texas:
Under David G. Burnet - Samuel P. Carson, James
Collingsworth and W. H. Jack.
Under Sam Houston (first term) - Stephen F Austin,
1836. J. Pinckney Henderson and Dr. Robert A. Irion,
1837-38.
Under Mirabeau B. Lamar - Bernard Bee appointed
Dec. 16, 1838; James Webb appointed Feb. 6, 1839; D. G.
Burnet appointed Acting Secretary of State, May 31, 1839;
N. Amory appointed Acting Secretary of State, July 23,
1839; D. G. Burnet appointed Acting Secretary of State,
Aug. 5, 1839; Abner S. Lipscomb appointed Secretary of
State, Jan. 31, 1840, and resigned Jan. 22, 1841; Joseph
Waples appointed Acting Secretary of State, Jan. 23,
1841, and served until Feb. 8, 1841; James S. Mayfield
appointed Feb. 8, 1841; Joseph Waples appointed April
30, 1841, and served until May 25, 1841; Samuel A. Rob-
erts appointed May 25, 1841; reappointed Sept. 7, 1841.
Under Sam Houston (second term) - E. Lawrence
Stickney, Acting Secretary of State until Anson Jones
appointed Dec. 13, 1841. Jones served as Secretary of
State throughout this term except during the summer and
part of this term of 1842, when Joseph Waples filled the
position as Acting Secretary of State.
Under Anson Jones - Ebenezer Allen served from
Dec. 10, 1844, until Feb. 5, 1845, when Ashbel Smith
became Secretary of State. Allen was again named Acting
Secretary of State, March 31, 1845, and later named Sec-
retary of State.
(in addition to the above, documents in theTexas State
Archives indicate that Joseph C. Eldredge, Chief Clerk of the
State Department during much of the Republic's existence,
signed a number of documents in the absence of the office-
holder in the capacity of "Acting Secretary of State.")
State Secretaries of State
Charles Mariner....................Feb. 20, 1846-May 4, 1846
David G. Burnet.................. May 4, 1846-Jan. 1, 1848
Washington D. Miller...............Jan. 1, 1848-Jan. 2, 1850
James Webb.................. Jan. 2, 1850-Nov. 14, 1851
Thomas H. Duval ..................Nov. 14, 1851-Dec. 22, 1853
Edward Clark ...................... Dec. 22, 1853-Dec., 1857
T. S. Anderson ..................... Dec. 1857-Dec. 27, 1859
E. W. Cave........................ ....Dec. 27, 1859-Mar. 16, 1861
Bird Holland .............. ................ Mar. 16, 1861-Nov., 1861
Charles West ....................... .........Nov., 1861-Sept., 1862
Robert J. Townes................. Sept., 1862-May 2, 1865
Charles R. Pryor................. May 2, 1865-Aug., 1865
James H. Bell ...................... .........Aug., 1865-Aug., 1866428
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