List of lieutenant governors of Texas
Lieutenant Governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in state government.
For more information about the office and powers of the lieutenant governor see Lieutenant Governor of Texas.
Lieutenant Governors of Texas
- Parties
Democratic (39) Republican (8)
Lt. Governor | Years in Office | Governor(s) served under | Party |
---|---|---|---|
Albert Clinton Horton | 1846–1847 | James Pinckney Henderson | Democratic |
John Alexander Greer | 1847–1851 | George T. Wood Peter H. Bell |
Democratic |
James Wilson Henderson | 1851–1853 | Peter H. Bell | Democratic |
David Catchings Dickson | 1853–1855 | Elisha M. Pease | Democratic |
Hardin Richard Runnels | 1855–1857 | Elisha M. Pease | Democratic |
Francis R. Lubbock | 1857–1859 | Hardin R. Runnels | Democratic |
Edward Clark | 1859–1861 | Sam Houston | Democratic |
John McClannahan Crockett | 1861–1863 | Francis Lubbock | Democratic |
Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale | 1863–1865 | Pendleton Murrah | Democratic |
Vacant | 1865–1866 | Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale Andrew Jackson Hamilton |
– |
George Washington Jones[1] | 1866–1867 | James W. Throckmorton | Democratic |
Vacant | 1867–1870 | Elisha M. Pease | – |
James W. Flanagan[2] | elected 1869 | None | Republican |
Vacant | 1871–1874 | Elisha M. Pease Edmund J. Davis |
– |
Donald Campbell ex officio | 1870–1871 | Vacant | Republican |
David Webster Flanagan ex officio | 1871 | Vacant | Republican |
Albert Jennings Fountain ex officio | 1871–1873 | Vacant | Republican |
Edward Bradford Pickett ex officio | 1873–1874 | Vacant | Democratic |
Richard Bennett Hubbard Jr. | 1874–1876 | Vacant | Democratic |
Vacant | 1876–1879 | Vacant | – |
Joseph Draper Sayers | 1879–1881 | Oran Milo Roberts | Democratic |
Leonidas Jefferson Storey | 1881–1883 | Oran Milo Roberts | Democratic |
Francis Marion Martin | 1883–1885 | John Ireland | Democratic |
Barnett Gibbs | 1885–1887 | John Ireland | Democratic |
Thomas Benton Wheeler | January 18, 1887 – January 19, 1891 | Lawrence Sullivan Ross | Democratic |
George Cassety Pendleton | January 19, 1891 – January 17, 1893 | Lawrence Sullivan Ross | Democratic |
Martin McNulty Crane | January 17, 1893 – January 15, 1895 | Jim Hogg | Democratic |
George Taylor Jester | January 15, 1895 – January 17, 1899 | Charles A. Culberson | Democratic |
James Nathan Browning | January 17, 1899 – January 20, 1903 | Joseph D. Sayers | Democratic |
George D. Neal | January 20, 1903 – January 15, 1907 | S. W. T. Lanham | Democratic |
Asbury Bascom Davidson | January 15, 1907 – January 20, 1913 | Thomas Mitchell Campbell Oscar Branch Colquitt |
Democratic |
William Harding Mayes | January 20, 1913 – August 14, 1914 | Oscar Branch Colquitt | Democratic |
Vacant | 1914–1915 | – | |
William Pettus Hobby Sr. | January 19, 1915 – August 25, 1917 | James E. Ferguson | Democratic |
Vacant | 1917–1919 | William P. Hobby | – |
Willard Arnold Johnson | January 21, 1919 – January 18, 1921 | William P. Hobby | Democratic |
Lynch Davidson | January 18, 1921 – January 16, 1923 | Pat Morris Neff | Democratic |
Thomas Whitfield Davidson | January 16, 1923 – January 20, 1925 | Pat Morris Neff | Democratic |
Barry Miller | January 20, 1925 – January 20, 1931 | Miriam A. Ferguson Dan Moody |
Democratic |
Edgar E. Witt | January 20, 1931 – January 15, 1935 | Ross S. Sterling Miriam A. Ferguson |
Democratic |
Walter Frank Woodul | January 15, 1935 – January 17, 1939 | James Allred | Democratic |
Coke Robert Stevenson | January 17, 1939 – August 4, 1941 | W. Lee O'Daniel | Democratic |
Vacant | 1941–1943 | Coke R. Stevenson | – |
John Lee Smith | January 19, 1943 – January 21, 1947 | Coke R. Stevenson Beauford H. Jester |
Democratic |
Robert Allan Shivers | January 21, 1947 – July 11, 1949 | Beauford H. Jester | Democratic |
Vacant | 1949–1951 | Allan Shivers | – |
Ben Ramsey | January 16, 1951 – September 18, 1961 | Allan Shivers Price Daniel |
Democratic |
Vacant | 1961–1963 | Price Daniel | – |
Preston Earnest Smith | January 15, 1963 – January 21, 1969 | John Connally | Democratic |
Ben Barnes | January 21, 1969 – January 16, 1973 | Preston Smith | Democratic |
William Pettus Hobby Jr. | January 16, 1973 – January 15, 1991 | Dolph Briscoe (Democratic) Bill Clements (Republican) Mark White (Democratic) Bill Clements (Republican) |
Democratic |
Bob Bullock | January 15, 1991 – January 19, 1999 | Ann Richards (Democratic) George W. Bush (Republican) |
Democratic |
Rick Perry[3] | January 19, 1999 – December 21, 2000 | George W. Bush | Republican |
Bill Ratliff[4] | December 28, 2000 – January 21, 2003 | Rick Perry | Republican |
David Dewhurst | January 21, 2003 – January 20, 2015 | Rick Perry | Republican |
Dan Patrick | January 20, 2015 – present | Greg Abbott | Republican |
- Jones was removed by General Philip Sheridan, commander of the Fifth Military District during Reconstruction and the office remained vacant until the 14th Legislature in 1874.
- Flanagan was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1869 but was not inaugurated. He presided over the Provisional session, but left office after being selected as an at-large representative to the U.S. Congress.
- Perry vacated the office when he succeeded George W. Bush as Governor of Texas on December 21, 2000.
- Ratliff was chosen by the Texas Senate to finish the unexpired term due to the vacancy of Rick Perry's succession to the Governorship. Ratliff served until David Dewhurst was elected in 2002 and inaugurated on January 21, 2003.
Living former lieutenant governors of Texas
As of January 2017, five former lieutenant governors of Texas were alive, the oldest being William P. Hobby Jr. (served 1973–1991, born 1932). The most recent death of a former lieutenant governor of Texas was that of Preston Smith (served 1963–1969, born 1912), on October 18, 2003. The most recent serving lieutenant governor of Texas to die was Bob Bullock (served 1991–1999, born 1929), on June 18, 1999.
Lt. Governor | Term | Date of birth (and age) |
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Ben Barnes | 1969–1973 | April 17, 1938 |
Bill Hobby | 1973–1991 | January 19, 1932 |
Rick Perry | 1999–2000 | March 4, 1950 |
Bill Ratliff | 2000–2003 | August 16, 1936 |
David Dewhurst | 2003–2015 | August 18, 1945 |
Sources
- Legislative Reference Library of Texas
- Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846–1982, Texas Legislative Council, Austin, Texas, August 1982.
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