James Pinckney Henderson-- February 19, 1846 - December 21, 1847
George T. Wood-- December 21, 1847 - December 21, 1849
Peter Hansbrough Bell-- December 21, 1849 - November 23, 1853
James Wilson Henderson-- November 23, 1853 - December 21, 1853
Elisha Marshall Pease-- December 21, 1853 - December 21, 1857
Hardin Richard Runnels-- December 21, 1857 - December 21, 1859
Sam Houston-- December 21, 1859 - March 16, 1861
Edward Clark-- March 16, 1861 - November 7, 1861
Francis Richard Lubbock-- November 7, 1861 - November 5, 1863
Pendleton Murrah-- November 5, 1863 - June 17, 1865
Andrew Jackson Hamilton-- June 17, 1865 - August 9, 1866
James Webb Throckmorton-- August 9, 1866 - August 8, 1867
Elisha Marshall Pease-- August 8, 1867 - September 30, 1869
Edmund Jackson Davis-- January 8, 1870 - January 15, 1874
Richard Coke-- January 15, 1874 - December 1, 1876
Richard Bennett Hubbard-- December 1, 1876 - January 21, 1879
Oran Milo Roberts-- January 21, 1879 - January 16, 1883
John Ireland-- January 16, 1883 - January 18, 1887
Lawrence Sullivan Ross-- January 18, 1887 - January 20, 1891
James Stephen Hogg-- January 20, 1891 - January 15, 1895
Charles A. Culberson-- January 15, 1895 - January 17, 1899
Joseph Draper Sayers-- January 17, 1899 - January 20, 1903
Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham-- January 20, 1903 - January 15, 1907
Thomas Mitchell Campbell-- January 15, 1907 - January 17, 1911
Oscar Branch Colquitt-- January 17, 1911 - January 19, 1915
James E. Ferguson, Jr.-- January 19, 1915 - August 25, 1917
William Pettus Hobby-- August 25, 1917 - January 18, 1921
Pat Morris Neff-- January 18, 1921 - January 20, 1925
Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson-- January 20, 1925 - January 17, 1927
Daniel James Moody, Jr.-- January 17, 1927 - January 20, 1931
Ross Shaw Sterling-- January 20, 1931 - January 17, 1933
Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson-- January 17, 1933 - January 15, 1935
James V. Allred-- January 15, 1935 - January 17, 1939
Wilbert Lee O'Daniel-- January 17, 1939 - August 4, 1941
Coke Robert Stevenson-- August 4, 1941 - January 21, 1947
Beauford Halbert Jester-- January 21, 1947 - July 11, 1949
Robert Allan Shivers-- July 11, 1949 - January 15, 1957
Marion Price Daniel-- January 15, 1957 - January 15, 1963
John Bowden Connally, Jr.-- January 15, 1963 - January 21, 1969
Preston Smith-- January 21, 1969 - January 16, 1973
Dolph Briscoe, Jr.-- January 16, 1973 - January 16, 1979
William Perry Clements-- January 16, 1979 - January 18, 1983
Mark Wells White, Jr.-- January 18, 1983 - January 20, 1987
William Perry Clements-- January 20, 1987 - January 15, 1991
Ann Willis Richards-- January 15, 1991 - January 17, 1995
George Walker Bush-- January 17, 1995 - December 21-2000
Rick Perry-- December 21, 2000 - Present