List of lieutenant governors of Texas

Seal of the Lieutenant Governor 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       Republican

Lt. Governor	Years in Office	Party
Albert Clinton Horton	1846–1847	Democratic
John Alexander Greer	1847–1851	Democratic
James Wilson Henderson	1851–1853	Democratic
David Catchings Dickson	1853–1855	Democratic
Hardin Richard Runnels	1855–1857	Democratic
Francis R. Lubbock	1857–1859	Democratic
Edward Clark	1859–1861	Democratic
John McClannahan Crockett	1861–1863	Democratic
Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale	1863–1865	Democratic
Vacant	1865–1866	–
George Washington Jones[1]	1866–1867	Democratic
Vacant	1867–1870	–
James W. Flanagan[2]	elected 1869	Republican
Vacant	1871–1874	–
Donald Campbell ex officio	1870–1871	Republican
David Webster Flanagan ex officio	1871	Republican
Albert Jennings Fountain ex officio	1871–1873	Republican
Edward Bradford Pickett ex officio	1873–1874	Democratic
Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr.	1874–1876	Democratic
Vacant	1876–1879	–
Joseph Draper Sayers	1879–1881	Democratic
Leonidas Jefferson Storey	1881–1883	Democratic
Francis Marion Martin	1883–1885	Democratic
Barnett Gibbs	1885–1887	Democratic
Thomas Benton Wheeler	January 18, 1887 – January 19, 1891	Democratic
George Cassety Pendleton	January 19, 1891 – January 17, 1893	Democratic
Martin McNulty Crane	January 17, 1893 – January 15, 1895	Democratic
George Taylor Jester	January 15, 1895 – January 17, 1899	Democratic
James Nathan Browning	January 17, 1899 – January 20, 1903	Democratic
George D. Neal	January 20, 1903 – January 15, 1907	Democratic
Asbury Bascom Davidson	January 15, 1907 – January 20, 1913	Democratic
William Harding Mayes	January 20, 1913 – August 14, 1914	Democratic
Vacant	1914–1915	–
William Pettus Hobby, Sr.	January 19, 1915 – August 25, 1917	Democratic
Vacant	1917–1919	–
Willard Arnold Johnson	January 21, 1919 – January 18, 1921	Democratic
Lynch Davidson	January 18, 1921 – January 16, 1923	Democratic
Thomas Whitfield Davidson	January 16, 1923 – January 20, 1925	Democratic
Barry Miller	January 20, 1925 – January 20, 1931	Democratic
Edgar E. Witt	January 20, 1931 – January 15, 1935	Democratic
Walter Frank Woodul	January 15, 1935 – January 17, 1939	Democratic
Coke Robert Stevenson	January 17, 1939 – August 4, 1941	Democratic
Vacant	1941–1943	–
John Lee Smith	January 19, 1943 – January 21, 1947	Democratic
Robert Allan Shivers	January 21, 1947 – July 11, 1949	Democratic
Vacant	1949–1951	–
Ben Ramsey	January 16, 1951 – September 18, 1961	Democratic
Vacant	1961–1963	–
Preston Earnest Smith	January 15, 1963 – January 21, 1969	Democratic
Ben Barnes	January 21, 1969 – January 16, 1973	Democratic
William Pettus Hobby, Jr.	January 16, 1973 – January 15, 1991	Democratic
Bob Bullock	January 15, 1991 – January 19, 1999	Democratic
Rick Perry[3]	January 19, 1999 – December 21, 2000	Republican
Bill Ratliff[4]	December 28, 2000 – January 21, 2003	Republican
David Dewhurst	January 21, 2003 – January 20, 2015	Republican
Dan Patrick	January 20, 2015–present	Republican

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Perry vacated the office when he succeeded George W. Bush as Governor of Texas on December 21, 2000.
4. 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 U.S. Lieutenant Governors of Texas

As of January 2015, five former U.S. 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 U.S. lieutenant governor of Texas was that of Preston Smith (served 1963–1969, born 1912), on October 18, 2003. The most recent serving U.S. lieutenant governor of Texas to die was Bob Bullock (served 1991–1999, born 1929), on June 18, 1999.

Lt. Governor	Lt. Gubernatorial term	Date of birth (and age)
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

Source

• Legislative Reference Library of Texas
• Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846–1982, Texas Legislative Council, Austin, Texas, August 1982.