List of lieutenant governors of Texas
The office of lieutenant governor ( Lieutenant Governor ) in the US state Texas was created after the accession of the state to the union in the year 1845. The respective incumbent is the governor's first successor if the governor resigns, dies or is removed from his post. Long-time Governor Rick Perry was and took office under George W. Bush when he became President of the United States in 2001 .
The Vice-Governor also presides over the State Senate as President. The governor and lieutenant governor are not elected together, which is why it is entirely possible that both incumbents belong to different parties. If there is a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor, the Senate elects a new president, who then acts ex officio as lieutenant governor.
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
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Albert Clinton Horton | 1846-1847 | democrat |
John Alexander Greer | 1847-1851 | democrat |
James Wilson Henderson | 1851-1853 | democrat |
David Catchings Dickson | 1853-1855 | democrat |
Hardin Richard Runnels | 1855-1857 | democrat |
Francis Richard Lubbock | 1857-1859 | democrat |
Edward Clark | 1859-1861 | democrat |
John McClannahan Crockett | 1861-1863 | democrat |
Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale | 1863-1865 | democrat |
George Washington Jones | 1866-1867 | democrat |
James Winright Flanagan | 1869-1870 | republican |
Donald Campbell | 1870-1871 | republican |
David Webster Flanagan | 1871 | republican |
Albert Jennings Fountain | 1871-1873 | republican |
Edward Bradford Pickett | 1873-1874 | democrat |
Richard Bennett Hubbard | 1874-1876 | democrat |
Joseph Draper Sayers | 1879-1881 | democrat |
Leonidas Jefferson Storey | 1881-1883 | democrat |
Francis Marion Martin | 1883-1885 | democrat |
Barnett Gibbs | 1885-1887 | democrat |
Thomas Benton Wheeler | 1887-1891 | democrat |
George Cassety Pendleton | 1891-1893 | democrat |
Martin McNulty Crane | 1893-1895 | democrat |
George Taylor Jester | 1895-1899 | democrat |
James Nathan Browning | 1899-1903 | democrat |
George D. Neal | 1903-1907 | democrat |
Asbury Bascom Davidson | 1907-1913 | democrat |
William Harding Mayes | 1913-1915 | democrat |
William Pettu's hobby | 1915-1917 | democrat |
Willard Arnold Johnson | 1919-1921 | democrat |
Lynch Davidson | 1921-1923 | democrat |
Thomas Whitfield Davidson | 1923-1925 | democrat |
Barry Miller | 1925-1931 | democrat |
Edgar E. Witt | 1931-1935 | democrat |
Walter Frank Woodul | 1935-1939 | democrat |
Coke Robert Stevenson | 1939-1941 | democrat |
John Lee Smith | 1943-1947 | democrat |
Robert Allan Shivers | 1947-1949 | democrat |
Ben Ramsey | 1951-1963 | democrat |
Preston Earnest Smith | 1963-1969 | democrat |
Benny Frank Barnes | 1969-1973 | democrat |
William Pettus Hobby Jr. | 1973-1991 | democrat |
Robert Douglas Bullock | 1991-1999 | democrat |
James Richard Perry | 1999-2000 | republican |
William Roark Ratliff | 2000-2003 | republican |
David Henry Dewhurst | 2003-2015 | republican |
Dan Goeb Patrick | since 2015 | republican |
See also
- List of Texas governors
- List of United States Senators from Texas
- List of members of the US House of Representatives from Texas