Texas Governors Flashcards
(44 cards)
Who was the first governor of Texas?
James Pinckney Henderson, a Democrat, who served from February 19, 1846 until December 21, 1847
When was Ma Ferguson governor?
January 20, 1925 – January 17, 1927 (29th)
January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1935 (32nd)
Miriam Amanda Wallace “Ma” Ferguson (June 13, 1875 – June 25, 1961) was the first female Governor of Texas in 1925. She held office until 1927, later winning another term in 1932 and serving until 1935.
When was Pa Ferguson governor?
January 19, 1915 – August 25, 1917
26th
James Edward Ferguson Jr. (August 31, 1871 – September 21, 1944), known as Pa Ferguson, was an American Democratic politician and the 26th Governor of Texas, in office from 1915 to 1917. Later, he was the first gentleman of Texas for two nonconsecutive terms.
When was Ann Richards governor?
January 15, 1991 till January 17, 1995
45th Governor of Texas
She beat Clayton Williams 49-47 with Libertarian Party candidate Jeff Daiell drawing 3.3 percent.
When was Allan Shivers governor?
Allan Shivers served as the 37th governor from July 11, 1949 to January 15, 1957.
He was a Texas politician who led the conservative faction of the Texas Democratic Party during the turbulent 1940s and 1950s. Shivers also developed the lieutenant governor’s post into an extremely powerful perch in state government.
When was John Connally governor?
The 39th governor, he served from January 15th, 1963, to January 21, 1969. He removed the US dollar from the gold standard as Treasury Secretary in 1971 and became a Republican in 1973.
When was Mark White governor?
Mark White, a Democrat, served as the 43rd Governor of Texas from January 18, 1983 to January 20, 1987. He attended Baylor undergrad and law school.
Who was the second Governor of Texas?
George Tyler Wood
December 21, 1847 – December 21, 1849
The 1847 decision of Governor James Pinckney Henderson to not seek another term left a wide open race for his replacement. A race dominated by five candidates developed with the key issue being how to deal with the public debt.[2] About a month before the election one of the candidates, Isaac Van Zandt, died of yellow fever. Most of Van Zandt’s support shifted to Wood. As a result he won the election with 7,154 votes compared to second place finisher James B. Miller with 5,106.
He made unsuccessful runs to be elected Governor in 1853 and 1855. He died at his home on September 3, 1858
Who was Texas third governor?
Peter Hansborough Bell
Democrat
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857
Who was the governor in 1970?
Preston Smith, who succeeded John Connally. Succeeded by Dolph Briscoe.
40th
Democrat
January 21, 1969 – January 16, 1973
Lubbock airport named after him
Who was governor in 1900?
Joseph Draper Sayers
22nd Governor of Texas
In office Jan 17, 1899 – Jan 20, 1903
When was Dan Moody governor?
Succeeded Ma Ferguson
January 17, 1927 – January 20, 1931
30th
Elected at 33, youngest
Democrat
From Taylor
Opposed New Deal
When was Pease governor?
June 8, 1867 – September 30, 1869
December 21, 1853 – December 21, 1857
5th and 13th
A native of Enfield, Connecticut, Pease moved to Mexican Texas in 1835. He soon became active in the Texas independence movement and after the Texas Revolution began, Pease became the secretary of the provisional government and co-wrote the new Texas Constitution. After independence had been won, Pease was named the comptroller of public accounts in the government of the new but temporary Republic of Texas.
As governor, he paid off the state debt and established the financial foundation that the state would later use to finance its schools and colleges.
During the American Civil War, Pease sided with the Union. After the war, he became a leader in the state Republican Party and was appointed as the civilian governor of Texas in 1867 by General Philip H. Sheridan who was the military head of the Reconstruction government. Pease’s policies as governor alienated both ex-Unionists and ex-Confederates and he resigned in 1869.
Who is the 48th governor?
Greg Abbott
Republican
January 20, 2015
Who was the 6th governor?
Hardin Richard Runnels
December 21, 1857 – December 21, 1859
notably was the only person to ever defeat Sam Houston in a political contest.
When was Sam Houston governor?
December 31, 1859[1] – March 28, 1861
7th
The only American to be elected governor of two states (as opposed to territories or indirect selection), Houston was also the only governor within a future Confederate state to oppose secession (which led to the outbreak of the American Civil War) and to refuse an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, a decision that led to his removal from office by the Texas secession convention.
Also 1st and 3rd Pres of Republic of Texas
Who was 8th?
Edward Clark
March 18, 1861 – November 7, 1861
When Sam Houston refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy, Clark became governor.[2]
After losing the governor’s race by 124 votes to Francis Lubbock, Clark joined the 14th Texas Infantry as a colonel and was later promoted to brigadier general after being wounded in battle. He fled briefly to Mexico at the end of the American Civil War, and returned home to Marshall, Texas.
Who was 9th?
Francis Lubbock
November 7, 1861 – November 5, 1863
He was the brother of Thomas Saltus Lubbock, for whom Lubbock County, Texas and the City of Lubbock are named.
Who was 10th?
Pendleton Murrah
November 5, 1863 – June 17, 1865
died in Mexico where he fled
11th?
Andrew Jackson Hamilton
In office
June 17, 1865 – August 9, 1866
In 1850 he was elected to the Texas House of Representatives representing Travis County as a Democrat. He would only serve one term, leaving office in 1853. During this time he joined the “Opposition Clique”, a faction of southern politicians in the Democratic Party who opposed secession and the reopening of the slave trade.
uring the American Civil War, Hamilton sided with the Union. After fleeing to Mexico, he went on a tour of the Northeast, giving speeches in New York, Boston, and other northern cities. He spoke out in favor of the Union and criticized the “slave power” of the South. Because of this Hamilton was regarded as a hero by the North, though he was generally viewed as a traitor at home.
In late 1862 President Abraham Lincoln named Hamilton the Military Governor of Texas with the rank of brigadier general of volunteers. He spent the rest of the war holding this empty position in New Orleans, after a Union attempt to capture South Texas failed in 1863.
On June 17, 1865, President Andrew Johnson named Hamilton as the provisional civilian governor of the state.[3] Hamilton held office for 14 months during the early stages of Reconstruction. He was governor when the nation ratified the Thirteenth Amendment and granted economic freedom to the newly freed slaves, although Texas itself declined to ratify the amendment until 1870. Hamilton also faced problems such as Indian incursions, general lawlessness, and chaotic finances in the aftermath of the Civil War.[4] When his plans at the Constitutional Convention of 1866 were not enacted, he rejected Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction and aligned himself with the Radical Republicans. He spoke out in favor of black suffrage and in September 1866 organized the Southern Loyalists’ Convention in Philadelphia, where he criticized President Johnson. He resigned in 1867 and went to work as a bankruptcy judge in New Orleans. Later that year he accepted a position as a justice on the Texas Supreme Court. Hamilton tried to regain the governorship in the election of 1869, but was defeated by Edmund J. Davis.
James W. Throckmorton?
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
12th
Throckmorton won the gubernatorial election of June 25, 1866, at the same time the new constitution was approved, against Elisha M. Pease. During his term in the governor’s office, Throckmorton’s lenient attitude toward former Confederates and his attitude toward civil rights conflicted with the Reconstruction politics of the Radical Republicans in Congress. He angered the local military commander, Major General Charles Griffin, who persuaded his superior, Philip H. Sheridan, to remove Throckmorton from office and replace him with an appointed Republican and Unionist, Elisha M. Pease.
14th?
Edmund Jackson Davis
January 8, 1870 – January 15, 1874
Lieutenant Vacant
After Pease
In early 1861, Edmund Davis supported Governor Sam Houston in their mutual stand against secession. Davis also urged Robert E. Lee not to violate his oath of allegiance to the United States. Davis ran to become a delegate to the Secession Convention but was defeated. He thereafter refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederate States of America[2] and was removed from his judgeship. He fled from Texas and took refuge in Union-occupied New Orleans, Louisiana. He next sailed to Washington, D.C., where President Abraham Lincoln issued him a colonel’s commission with the authority to recruit the 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment (Union).
15th?
Richard Coke
January 15, 1874 – December 21, 1876
4 children, all died before 30
No one benefited more from prevailing public sentiment than Richard Coke, who in 1873 leveraged resentment at Union occupation to construct a Democratic electoral coalition that ruled Texas for more than 100 years. This Democratic power was based on disfranchisement of blacks, Mexican Americans and poor whites through the use of poll taxes and white primaries. For example, the number of black voters decreased sharply from more than 100,000 in the 1890s to 5,000 in 1906.
“Instrumental” in A&M
Once the new Constitution had been negotiated, Coke resigned his office in December 1876 following his election by the legislature to the United States Senate. He would be reelected to federal office in 1882 and 1888, serving in the 45th - 53rd Congresses until March 4, 1895.[1] Coke was not a candidate for reelection in 1894.
16th?
Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr.
December 21, 1876 – January 21, 1879
Hubbard’s gubernatorial term was marked by post-Reconstruction financial difficulties, by general lawlessness, and by the fact that the legislature was never in session during his administration. Though political opponents prevented his nomination for a second term, he remained popular with the people of Texas. His accomplishments as governor include reducing the public debt, fighting land fraud, promoting educational reforms, and restoring public control of the state prison system
