Lieutenant Governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in state government.

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Lieutenant Governor of Texas

The Lieutenant Governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the U.S. It is the second most powerful post in Texas government because its occupant controls the work of the Texas Senate and controls the budgeting process as a leader of the...

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Lieutenant Governors of Texas

Name	Years in Office	Party
Albert Clinton Horton Albert Clinton Horton Albert Clinton Horton was a Texan politician, and the first Lieutenant Governor of Texas.-Early life:...	1846-1847	Democrat
John Alexander Greer John Alexander Greer John Alexander Greer was a Texan politician, and the second Lieutenant Governor of Texas.Greer was born at Shelbyville, Tennessee on July 18, 1802. He was in Kentucky before moving to Texas in 1830. He represented San Augustine as a senator in the Congress of the Republic of Texas from...	1847-1851	Democrat
James Wilson Henderson	1851-1853	Democrat
David Catchings Dickson David Catchings Dickson David Catchings Dickson was an American politician and physician in early Texas who served as Lieutenant Governor of Texas and as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. He was also a State Senator and unsuccessfully ran for governor of Texas....	1853-1855	Democrat
Hardin Richard Runnels Hardin Richard Runnels Hardin Richard Runnels was a U.S. political figure. He served as the sixth Governor of Texas between 1857 and 1859. His defeat of Sam Houston in the 1857 election for governor marked the only time that Houston ever lost an election. Runnels favored secession from the Union and re-establishing the...	1855-1857	Democrat
Francis R. Lubbock Francis Lubbock Francis Richard Lubbock was the ninth Governor of Texas and was in office during the American Civil War. He was the brother of Thomas Saltus Lubbock, for whom the City of Lubbock is named....	1857-1859	Democrat
Edward Clark Edward Clark (governor) Edward Clark was the eighth Governor of Texas. His term coincided with the beginning of the American Civil War.-Biography:...	1859-1861	Democrat
John McClannahan Crockett John McClannahan Crockett John McClannahan Crockett was a Texan lawyer, mayor of Dallas, and the Lieutenant Governor of Texas. A South Carolina native, Crockett moved to Texas in 1847. He became the second mayor of Dallas, and the Lieutenant Governor of Texas from 1861–1863.-Early life:Crockett was born at Lancaster,...	1861-1863	Democrat
Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale Fletcher Stockdale Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale was a U.S. politician in Texas.Stockdale was born in either 1823 or 1825 in Russellville, Kentucky as one of eight children of Thomas W. and Laurinda Stockdale. He studied law and was admitted to the Bar in Kentucky...	1863-1865	Democrat
Vacant	1865-1866	–
George Washington Jones George Washington Jones (Texas politician) George Washington Jones was a Texas politician, a Lieutenant Governor of Texas and a Greenback member of the United States House of Representatives.-Early life:...	1866-1867	Democrat
Vacant	1867-1870	–
James W. Flanagan James W. Flanagan James Winright Flanagan was an American merchant, lawyer, and farmer from Henderson, Texas. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1869 and 1870, and then represented Texas in the United States Senate from 1870 to 1875.-Early life:James was born to Charles and Elizabeth Flanagan in...	elected 1869	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Vacant	1871-1874	–
Donald Campbell ex officio	1870-1871	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
David Webster Flanagan ex officio	1871	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Albert Jennings Fountain Albert Jennings Fountain Albert Jennings Fountain was a lawyer, Indian fighter, and Republican politician in Texas and New Mexico.-Biography:...  ex officio	1871–1873	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Edward Bradford Pickett ex officio	1873–1874	Democrat
Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr. Richard B. Hubbard Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr. was the 16th Governor of Texas from 1876 to 1879 and United States Envoy to Japan from 1885 to 1889. He was a Confederate veteran of the American Civil War and was a member of the Democratic Party.-Early years:Hubbard was the son of Richard Bennett and Serena Hubbard...	1874-1876	Democrat
Vacant	1876-1879	–
Joseph Draper Sayers Joseph D. Sayers Joseph Draper Sayers was the 22nd Governor of Texas from 1899 to 1903. During Sayers's term, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 demolished that city.- Early years :...	1879-1881	Democrat
Leonidas Jefferson Storey	1881-1883	Democrat
Francis Marion Martin	1883-1885	Democrat
Barnett Gibbs	1885-1887	Democrat
Thomas Benton Wheeler	January 18, 1887-January 20, 1891	Democrat
George Cassety Pendleton	January 19, 1891-January 17, 1893	Democrat
Martin McNulty Crane	January 17, 1893-January 15, 1895	Democrat
George Taylor Jester George Taylor Jester George Taylor Jester served as Lieutenant Governor of Texas from 1895 to 1899. He was born in Macoupin County, Illinois to Levi and Diadema Jester...	January 15, 1895-January 17, 1899	Democrat
James Nathan Browning James Browning (Texas politician) James Nathan Browning was a Texas politician and lawyer. He served as Lieutenant Governor from 1898-1902.He had earlier served as a member of the Texas House of Representatives....	January 17, 1899-January 20, 1903	Democrat
George D. Neal	January 20, 1903-January 15, 1907	Democrat
Asbury Bascom Davidson	January 15, 1907-January 20, 1913	Democrat
William Harding Mayes	January 20, 1913-January 19, 1915	Democrat
William Pettus Hobby, Sr. William P. Hobby William Pettus Hobby was the publisher of the Houston Post and the 27th Governor of the U.S. state of Texas from 1917 to 1921....	January 19, 1915-August 25, 1917	Democrat
Vacant	1917-1919	–
Willard Arnold Johnson	January 21, 1919-January 18, 1921	Democrat
Lynch Davidson	January 18, 1921-January 16, 1923	Democrat
Thomas Whitfield Davidson Thomas Whitfield Davidson Thomas Whitfield Davidson was a United States federal judge.Born in Harrison County, Texas, Davidson read law to enter the bar in 1903. He was in private practice in Marshall, Texas from 1903 to 1907. He was the city attorney of Marshall 1907 to 1914, thereafter resuming his private practice in...	January 16, 1923-January 20, 1925	Democrat
Barry Miller	January 20, 1925-January 20, 1931	Democrat
Edgar E. Witt Edgar E. Witt Edgar E. Witt was a Texas lawyer and politician, serving as Lieutenant Governor for one term in the 1930s. He also served twice as Chairman of the American-Mexican Claims Commission and Chief Commissioner of the Indian Claims Commission.-Early life:Witt was born on January 28, 1876, in Bell...	January 20, 1931-January 15, 1935	Democrat
Walter Frank Woodul Walter Frank Woodul Walter Frank Woodul was a Texas politician who was an early proponent of a state highway system. He served as Lieutenant Governor of Texas from 1935 to 1939, under Governor James V. Allred.-External links:...	January 15, 1935-January 17, 1939	Democrat
Coke Robert Stevenson Coke R. Stevenson Coke Robert Stevenson was the 35th Governor of Texas from 1941 to 1947. He was the only 20th century Texan politician to serve as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, as Lieutenant Governor, and then as governor...	January 17, 1939-August 4, 1941	Democrat
Vacant	1941-1943	–
John Lee Smith John Lee Smith John Lee Smith was the lieutenant governor of Texas during World War II and a vocal opponent of Texas labor unions during his tenure....	January 19, 1943-January 21, 1947	Democrat
Robert Allan Shivers Allan Shivers Robert Allan Shivers was a Texas politician who led the conservative faction of the Texas Democratic Party during the turbulent 1940s and 1950s...	January 21, 1947-July 11, 1949	Democrat
Vacant	1949-1951	–
Ben Ramsey Ben Ramsey Ben Ramsey was a Texas politician who served in a succession of offices during the mid-20th century. He served in both Houses of the Texas Legislature, as secretary of state, Lieutenant Governor, and as member of the Texas Railroad Commission.Ramsey was born on December 28, 1903 in San Augustine,...	January 16, 1951-September 18, 1961	Democrat
Preston Earnest Smith Preston Smith (Texas) Preston Earnest Smith was the 40th Governor of Texas from 1969 to 1973, who earlier served as the lieutenant governor from 1963 to 1969.-Early life:...	January 15, 1963-January 21, 1969	Democrat
Ben Barnes	January 21, 1969-January 16, 1973	Democrat
William Pettus Hobby, Jr. William P. Hobby, Jr. William Pettus “Bill” Hobby, Jr., is a Texas Democratic politician who served a record eighteen years as the 37th Lieutenant Governor...	January 16, 1973-January 15, 1991	Democrat
Bob Bullock Bob Bullock Robert Douglas Bullock, known as Bob Bullock , was a Democratic politician from Texas, whose career spanned four decades. His service culminated in his term as Lieutenant Governor of Texas from January 15, 1991–January 19, 1999 during the terms of Governors Ann Richards and George W...	January 15, 1991-January 19, 1999	Democrat
Rick Perry Rick Perry James Richard "Rick" Perry is the 47th and current Governor of Texas. A Republican, Perry was elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1998 and assumed the governorship in December 2000 when then-governor George W. Bush resigned to become President of the United States. Perry was elected to full...	January 19, 1999-December 21, 2000	Republican
Bill Ratliff Bill Ratliff William Roark Ratliff, known as Bill Ratliff , is a Texas politician who served as a member of the Texas State Senate from 1988 to 2004. Between 2000 and 2003 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Texas, after former lieutenant governor Rick Perry succeeded to the governorship to replace George W...	December 28, 2000-January 21, 2003	Republican
David Dewhurst David Dewhurst David Dewhurst is the 41st and current Lieutenant Governor of Texas, serving under Governor Rick Perry since January 21, 2003. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as Texas Land Commissioner from 1999 to 2003. Dewhurst announced on July 18, 2011, that he was running for the...	January 21, 2003-present	Republican

Living former lieutenant governors

, four former lieutenant governors were alive. The most recent death of a former lieutenant governor was that of Preston Smith

Preston Smith (Texas)

Preston Earnest Smith was the 40th Governor of Texas from 1969 to 1973, who earlier served as the lieutenant governor from 1963 to 1969.-Early life:...

 (1963–1969), on October 18, 2003. The most recent serving lieutenant governor to die was Bob Bullock

Bob Bullock

Robert Douglas Bullock, known as Bob Bullock , was a Democratic politician from Texas, whose career spanned four decades. His service culminated in his term as Lieutenant Governor of Texas from January 15, 1991–January 19, 1999 during the terms of Governors Ann Richards and George W...

 (1991–1999), on June 18, 1999.

Lt. Governor	Lt. Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Ben Barnes	1969–1973	17 April 1938 (age 73)
Bill Hobby William P. Hobby, Jr. William Pettus “Bill” Hobby, Jr., is a Texas Democratic politician who served a record eighteen years as the 37th Lieutenant Governor...	1973–1991	19 January 1932 (age 80)
Rick Perry Rick Perry James Richard "Rick" Perry is the 47th and current Governor of Texas. A Republican, Perry was elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1998 and assumed the governorship in December 2000 when then-governor George W. Bush resigned to become President of the United States. Perry was elected to full...	1999–2000	4 March 1950 (age 61)
Bill Ratliff Bill Ratliff William Roark Ratliff, known as Bill Ratliff , is a Texas politician who served as a member of the Texas State Senate from 1988 to 2004. Between 2000 and 2003 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Texas, after former lieutenant governor Rick Perry succeeded to the governorship to replace George W...	2000–2003	16 August 1936 (age 75)

Source

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