George Taylor Jester

George T. Jester

George Taylor Jester (August 23, 1847 – July 19, 1922) served as Lieutenant Governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899. He was born in Macoupin County, Illinois to Levi and Diadema Jester. After his father died in 1858, Jester's mother moved the family, joining her father in Navarro County, Texas.

After trying several professions including merchandising, Jester founded what would become the Corsicana National Bank with two of his brothers. In 1890, he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives and served a term before being elected to the Texas Senate in 1892. After serving his two terms as Lieutenant Governor, Jester returned to Corsicana, where he died in 1922.

Jester's son Beauford served as Governor of Texas from 1947-1949.

External links

George Taylor Jester from the Handbook of Texas Online

Texas House of Representatives
Preceded by Jehu Brown	Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 60 (Corsicana) 1891–1893	Succeeded by James I. Moody
Political offices
Preceded by Martin McNulty Crane	Lieutenant Governor of Texas 1895–1899	Succeeded by James Nathan Browning

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Texas

Governors	J. P. Henderson Wood Bell James W. Henderson Pease Runnels Houston Clark Lubbock Murrah Hamilton Throckmorton Pease Davis Coke Hubbard Roberts Ireland Ross Hogg Culberson Sayers Lanham Campbell Colquitt J. Ferguson Hobby Neff M. Ferguson Moody Sterling M. Ferguson Allred O'Daniel Stevenson Jester Shivers Daniel Connally Smith Briscoe Clements White Clements Richards Bush Perry Abbott

Lieutenant Governors	Horton Greer Henderson Dickson Runnels Lubbock Clark Crockett Stockdale Jones J. W. Flanagan Campbell D. W. Flanagan Fountain Pickett Hubbard Sayers Storey Martin Gibbs Wheeler Pendleton Crane Jester Browning Neal A. B. Davidson Mayes Hobby, Sr. Johnson L. Davidson T. W. Davidson Miller Witt Woodul Stevenson J. L. Smith Shivers Ramsey P. Smith Barnes Hobby, Jr. Bullock Perry Ratliff Dewhurst Patrick

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