List of governors of Texas

The governor of Texas is the chief executive officer of the U.S. state of Texas and the commander in chief of the state’s military forces. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845.

When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness.<ref name="slate">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="molly">Template:Cite book</ref> In some respects, it is the lieutenant governor of Texas, who presides over the Texas Senate, who possesses greater influence to exercise their prerogatives.<ref name=slate/><ref name=molly/>

Rick Perry is the longest-serving governor, having assumed the governorship in 2000 upon the exit of George W. Bush, who resigned to take office as the 43rd president of the United States. Perry was elected in 2002 and he was re-elected in 2006 and 2010 serving for 14 years before choosing to retire in 2014.

Allan Shivers assumed the governorship upon the death of Beauford Jester in July 1949 and was elected in 1950 and re-elected in 1952 and 1954, serving for Template:Frac years, making him the third longest serving governor before choosing to retire in 1956. Price Daniel was elected to the governorship in 1956 and re-elected in 1958 and 1960 before losing his re-election for an unprecedented fourth term in the 1962 Democratic primary, missing the runoff. John Connally was elected in 1962 and re-elected in 1964 and 1966 before choosing to retire in 1968, leaving office on January 21, 1969. Bill Clements served two non-consecutive four-year terms, having been elected in 1978 but lost re-election in 1982 before winning re-election in 1986, choosing to retire in 1990, previously held the record as the second longest-serving governor: both of Shivers and Clements' records were surpassed by Perry.

Current governor Greg Abbott was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018 and again in 2022. He is the second longest-serving governor and on track to serve 12 years by January 19, 2027. He is currently seeking re-election to an unprecedented fourth term in 2026, which if completed, by January 21, 2031, will make him the state's longest-serving governor, surpassing Perry's 14 years.

Governors

Texas was annexed by the United States and admitted to the Union on December 29, 1845.<ref>Template:Usstat</ref>

The governor is inaugurated on the third Tuesday of January every four years along with the lieutenant governor, and serves a term of four years. Prior to the present laws, in 1845, the state's first constitution established the office of governor, serving a term of two years, but no more than four years of every six.<ref>1845 Const. Art V sec 4</ref> The 1861 constitution, following secession from the Union, established the first Monday of November following election as the term's start.<ref>1861 Const. art V sec 12</ref> Following the end of the American Civil War, the 1866 constitution increased term length to four years, limiting overall service to no more than eight years of every twelve, moving the term's start to the first Thursday following organization of the legislature, or "as soon thereafter as practicable."<ref>1866 Const. art V sec 4</ref> The constitution of 1869, enacted during Reconstruction, removed term limitations,<ref>1869 Const. Art IV sec 4</ref> to this day making Texas one of sixteen states, territory or jurisdiction (including the U.S. Territory Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia<ref>Executive Branch Template:Webarchive retrieved 23-October-2008</ref> with no limit on gubernatorial terms. The present constitution of 1876 returned terms to two years,<ref>TX Const. Art IV sec 4</ref> but a 1972 amendment again returned them to four.<ref>Texas Politics - The Executive Branch Template:Webarchive. Texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu. Retrieved on 2013-07-15.</ref>

In the case of a vacancy in the office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor.<ref>TX Const. art IV sec 16 graf d</ref> Prior to a 1999 amendment, the lieutenant governor only acted as governor until the expiration of the term to which he succeeded.<ref>Under the 1861 constitution, law provided that the lieutenant governor would be "styled Governor of those state of Republicans" in case of vacancy.</ref><ref>1861 Const art V sec 12</ref> The governor and the lieutenant governor are not officially elected on the same ticket.

Governors of the State of Texas

Template:Abbr	Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. GovernorTemplate:Efn
1		rowspan="8" style="background: Template:Party color;"|	J. Pinckney Henderson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-henderson-jpinckney">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 1st general assembly, 15, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – December 21, 1847 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1845	rowspan="4" style="background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:SortnameTemplate:Efn
2		George Tyler Wood Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-wood">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 2nd Legislature, 40, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – December 21, 1849 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1847	Template:Sortname
3		Peter Hansborough Bell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-bell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 3rd Legislature, 273, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – November 23, 1853 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1849
			1851			Template:Sortname
4	File:James w henderson.jpg	James W. Henderson Template:Small <ref name="state-henderson-james">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 5th Legislature, 78, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – December 21, 1853 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
5	File:Elisha pease.jpg	Elisha M. Pease Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pease">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 5th Legislature, Part II, 1, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – December 21, 1857 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1853	rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
			1855			Template:Sortname
6	File:Hardin runnels.jpg	Hardin Richard Runnels Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-runnels">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 7th Legislature, 244, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – December 21, 1859 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1857	Template:Sortname
7	File:Hon. Sam Houston, Texas - NARA - 527675-crop.png	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Sam Houston Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-houston">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 8th Legislature, 169, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – March 16, 1861 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	IndependentTemplate:Sfn	1859	Template:Sortname
8	File:Edward clark.jpg	rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Edward Clark Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-clark">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> – November 7, 1861 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
9	File:Francis lubbock.jpg	Francis Lubbock Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-lubbock">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 9th Legislature, 14, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – November 5, 1863 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1861	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
10	File:Pendleton murrah.jpg	Pendleton Murrah Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-murrah">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the Senate. 10th Legislature, 47, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – June 17, 1865 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1863	Template:Sortname
11	File:Andrew Jackson Hamilton.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Andrew Jackson Hamilton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hamilton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Andrew Johnson, Proclamation 139—Reorganizing a Constitutional Government in Texas Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – August 9, 1866 Template:Small	Template:Small		Vacant
12	File:James W. Throckmorton - Brady-Handy.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	James W. Throckmorton Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-throckmorton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 11th Legislature, 25, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – July 30, 1867 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1866	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
13	File:Elisha pease.jpg	style="color:inherit;background:Template:Party color;"|	Elisha M. Pease Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-pease" />	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> – September 30, 1869 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Template:Small		Vacant
—	Vacant <ref name="almanac" />			Template:Dts – January 8, 1870	Template:Small
14	File:Edmund Davis.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Edmund J. Davis Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-davis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 15, 1874 Template:Small	RepublicanTemplate:Sfn			1869
15	File:Richard Coke - Brady-Handy (cropped).jpg	rowspan="56" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Richard Coke Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-coke">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 14th Legislature, 7, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – December 1, 1876 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1873	rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
		1876
16	File:Richard hubbard.jpg	Richard B. Hubbard Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hubbard">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 21, 1879 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
17	File:Oran roberts.jpg	Oran Milo Roberts Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-roberts">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 16th Legislature, 106, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 16, 1883 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1878	rowspan="20" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
			1880			Template:Sortname
18	File:John ireland.jpg	John Ireland Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-ireland">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 18th Legislature, 38, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 18, 1887 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1882	Template:Sortname
			1884			Template:Sortname
19	File:Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross.jpg	Lawrence Sullivan Ross Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-ross">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 20th Legislature, 64, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 20, 1891 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1886	Template:Sortname
			1888
20	File:Jim hogg.jpg	Jim Hogg Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hogg">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 22nd Legislature, 6, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 15, 1895 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1890	Template:Sortname
			1892			Template:Sortname
21	File:Charles Allen Culberson.jpg	Charles A. Culberson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-culberson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 24th Legislature, 44, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 17, 1899 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1894	Template:Sortname
			1896
22	File:Joseph D. Sayers (cropped).jpg	Joseph D. Sayers Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-sayers">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 26th Legislature, 82, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 20, 1903 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1898	Template:Sortname
			1900
23	File:Swtlanham.jpg	S. W. T. Lanham Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-lanham">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 28th Legislature, 104, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 15, 1907 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1902	Template:Sortname
			1904
24	File:T.M. Campbell, Governor, Bain portrait bust.jpg	Thomas Mitchell Campbell Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-campbell">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 30th Legislature, 109, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 17, 1911 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1906	Template:Sortname
			1908
25	File:Oscar Branch Colquitt.jpg	Oscar Branch Colquitt Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-colquitt">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 32nd Legislature, 137, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 19, 1915 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1910
			1912			Template:Sortname
26	File:James E. Ferguson.jpg	James E. Ferguson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-ferguson-james">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 34th Legislature, 125, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – September 22, 1917 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1914	Template:Sortname
			1916
27	File:William hobby.jpg	William P. Hobby Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-hobby">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:DtsTemplate:Efn – January 18, 1921 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
			1918			rowspan="12" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
28	File:PatMNeff.jpg	Pat Morris Neff Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-neff">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 37th Legislature, 148, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 20, 1925 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1920	Template:Sortname
			1922			Template:Sortname
29	File:Miriam A. Ferguson.jpg	Miriam A. Ferguson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-ferguson-miriam">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 39th Legislature, 98, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 18, 1927 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1924	Template:Sortname
30	File:DanMoody.jpg	Dan Moody Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-moody">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 40th Legislature, 81, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 20, 1931 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1926
			1928
31	File:Ross Sterling.png	Ross S. Sterling Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-sterling">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 42nd Legislature, 74, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 17, 1933 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1930	Template:Sortname
32	File:Miriam A. Ferguson.jpg	Miriam A. Ferguson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-ferguson-miriam" />	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 43rd Legislature, 98, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 15, 1935 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1932
33	File:James Allred.png	James Burr V Allred Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-allred">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 44th Legislature, 93, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 17, 1939 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1934	Template:Sortname
			1936
34	File:W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, 1939 (cropped) (3x4).jpg	W. Lee O'Daniel Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-odaniel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 46th Legislature, 100, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – August 4, 1941 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1938	Template:Sortname
			1940
35	File:Coke R. Stevenson.jpg	Coke R. Stevenson Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-stevenson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 21, 1947 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
			1942			rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
			1944
36	File:Beauford H. Jester.jpg	Beauford H. Jester Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-jester">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 50th Legislature, 60, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – July 11, 1949 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1946	Template:Sortname
			1948
37	File:Allan Shivers.jpg	Allan Shivers Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-shivers">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 15, 1957 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	Template:Small	Vacant
			1950			rowspan="6" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
			1952
			1954
38	File:Price Daniel (TX).png	Price Daniel Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-daniel">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 55th Legislature, 64, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 15, 1963 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1956
			1958
			1960
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39	File:John Connally (cropped).jpg	John Connally Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-connally">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 58th Legislature, 56, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 21, 1969 Template:SmallTemplate:Sfn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1962	rowspan="12" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Template:Sortname
			1964
			1966
40	File:Smith-p01-1.jpg	Preston Smith Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-smith">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 61st Legislature, 98, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 16, 1973 Template:Small	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1968	Template:Sortname
			1970
41	File:Dolph Briscoe, 1976.jpg	Dolph Briscoe Template:Small Template:Sfn<ref name="nga-briscoe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 63rd Legislature, 113, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 16, 1979 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	DemocraticTemplate:Sfn	1972	Template:Sortname
			1974
42	File:Bill Clements 1st term portrait.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Bill Clements Template:Small <ref name="nga-clements">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 66th Legislature, 121, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 18, 1983 Template:Small	Republican<ref name="nga-clements" />		1978
43	File:Mark White Portrait.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Mark White Template:Small <ref name="nga-white">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 68th Legislature, 138, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 20, 1987 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="nga-white" />		1982
44	File:Bill Clements 2nd term portrait.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Bill Clements Template:Small <ref name="nga-clements" />	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 70th Legislature, 122, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 15, 1991 Template:Small	Republican<ref name="nga-clements" />	1986
45	File:Ann Richards, Governor of Texas.jpg	style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	Ann Richards Template:Small <ref name="nga-richards">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 72nd Legislature, 139, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – January 17, 1995 Template:Small	Democratic<ref name="nga-richards" />	1990	Template:Sortname
46	File:George Bush 45 (49492156502).jpg	rowspan="9" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|	George W. Bush Template:Small <ref name="nga-bush">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 74th Legislature, 35, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – December 21, 2000 Template:SmallTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-bush" />	1994
		1998		rowspan="8" style="color:inherit;background: Template:Party color;"|			Template:Sortname
47	File:Rick Perry by Gage Skidmore 3 (cropped).jpg	Rick Perry Template:Small <ref name="nga-perry">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> – January 20, 2015 Template:Small	Republican<ref name="nga-perry" />	Template:Small	Template:Sortname
			2002			Template:Sortname
			2006
			2010
48	File:Greg Abbott 2024 (cropped).jpg	Greg Abbott Template:Small <ref name="nga-abbott">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Dts<ref>Texas Legislature. Journal of the House of Representatives. 84th Legislature, 182, accessed July 9, 2023</ref> – IncumbentTemplate:Efn	Republican<ref name="nga-abbott" />	2014	Template:Sortname
			2018
			2022

See also

• Lieutenant Governor of Texas
• Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Texas
• List of Texas state legislatures

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• Office of the Governor of Texas
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• The Handbook of Texas Online: Texas History Quiz -- Presidents and Governors of Texas
• Explanation of the strengths of governors