Lieutenant Governors and Vice Presidents
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Chief Governmental Officials Vice Presidents of the Republic of Texas
| Vice President | Began office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Lorenzo de Zavala (provisional) | March 16, 1836 | Oct. 17, 1836 |
| Mirabeau B. Lamar | Oct. 22, 1836 | Dec. 10, 1838 |
| David G. Burnet | Dec. 10, 1838 | Dec. 13, 1841 |
| Edward Burleson | Dec. 13, 1841 | Dec. 9, 1844 |
| Kenneth L. Anderson (died in office) | Dec. 9, 1844 | July 3, 1845 |
State Lieutenant Governors
| Lt. Governor | Began office | Left office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albert C. Horton | May 2, 1846 | Dec. 21, 1847 | Democrat |
| John A. Greer | Dec. 21, 1847 | Dec. 22, 1851 | Democrat |
| J.W. Henderson | Dec. 22, 1851 | Nov. 23, 1853 | Democrat |
| D.C. Dickson | Dec. 21, 1853 | Dec. 21, 1855 | Democrat |
| H.R. Runnels | Dec. 21, 1855 | Dec. 21, 1857 | Democrat |
| Francis R. Lubbock | Dec. 21, 1857 | Dec. 21, 1859 | Democrat |
| Edward Clark | Dec. 21, 1859 | March 16, 1861 | Independent |
| (Succeeded Gov. Sam Houston when Houston refused to take oath to Confederacy) | |||
| John M. Crockett | Nov. 7, 1861 | Nov. 5, 1863 | Democrat |
| Fletcher S. Stockdale | Nov. 5, 1863 | June 17, 1865 | Democrat |
| (Fall of the Confederacy.) | |||
| George W. Jones | Aug. 9, 1866 | July 30, 1867 | Democrat |
| (Removed from office by Gen. Philip Sheridan.) | |||
| J.W. Flanagan | 1869 | Republican | |
| (Flanagan was appointed U.S. senator and was never inaugurated as lt. governor.) | |||
| R.B. Hubbard | Jan. 15, 1874 | Dec. 1, 1876 | Democrat |
| (Succeeded Gov. Richard Coke when he resigned to become U.S. senator.) | |||
| Joseph D. Sayers | Jan. 21, 1879 | Jan. 18, 1881 | Democrat |
| L.J. Storey | Jan. 18, 1881 | Jan. 16, 1883 | Democrat |
| Marion Martin | Jan. 16, 1883 | Jan. 20, 1885 | Democrat |
| Barnett Gibbs | Jan. 20, 1885 | Jan. 19, 1887 | Democrat |
| T.B. Wheeler | Jan. 19, 1887 | Jan. 21, 1891 | Democrat |
| George C. Pendleton | Jan. 21, 1891 | Jan. 17, 1893 | Democrat |
| M.M Crane | Jan. 17, 1893 | Jan. 15, 1895 | Democrat |
| Geroge T. Jester | Jan. 15, 1895 | Jan. 17, 1899 | Democrat |
| J.N. Browning | Jan. 17, 1899 | Jan. 20, 1903 | Democrat |
| George D. Neal | Jan. 20, 1903 | Jan. 15, 1907 | Democrat |
| A.B. Davidson | Jan. 15, 1907 | Jan. 21, 1913 | Democrat |
| Will H. Mayes (resigned) | Jan. 21, 1913 | Aug. 14, 1914 | Democrat |
| William P. Hobby Sr. | Jan. 19, 1915 | Aug. 25, 1917 | Democrat |
| (Became governor upon the impeachment and removal of Gov. James Ferguson.) | |||
| W.A. Johnson | Jan. 21, 1919 | Jan. 18, 1921 | Democrat |
| Lynch Davidson | Jan. 16, 1921 | Jan. 16, 1923 | Democrat |
| T.W. Davidson | Jan. 16, 1923 | Jan. 20, 1925 | Democrat |
| Barry Miller | Jan. 20, 1925 | Jan. 20, 1931 | Democrat |
| Edgar E. Witt | Jan. 20, 1931 | Jan. 15, 1935 | Democrat |
| Walter Woodul | Jan. 15, 1935 | Jan. 17, 1939 | Democrat |
| Coke R. Stevenson | Jan. 17, 1939 | Aug. 4, 1941 | Democrat |
| (Became governor upon resignation of Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel to become U.S. senator.) | |||
| John Lee Smith | Jan. 19, 1943 | Jan. 21, 1947 | Democrat |
| Allan Shivers | Jan. 21, 1947 | July 11, 1949 | Democrat |
| (Became governor upon the death of Gov. Beauford Jester.) | |||
| Ben Ramsey | Jan. 16, 1951 | Sept. 18, 1961 | Democrat |
| (Resigned to become member of the Railroad Commission.) | |||
| Preston Smith | Jan. 15, 1963 | Jan. 21, 1969 | Democrat |
| Ben Barnes | Jan. 21, 1969 | Jan. 16, 1973 | Democrat |
| William P. Hobby Jr. | Jan. 16, 1973 | Jan. 15, 1991 | Democrat |
| (Effective in 1975, the term of office was raised to 4 years.) | |||
| Robert D. (Bob) Bullock | Jan. 15, 1991 | Jan. 19, 1999 | Democrat |
| Rick Perry | Jan. 19, 1999 | Dec. 21, 2000 | Republican |
| Bill Ratliff | Dec. 28, 2000 | Jan. 14, 2003 | Republican |
| (Following a constitutional amendent approved in 1984 the state Senate elected Ratliff, one of its members, to fill the vacancy in the office after Perry succeeded to the governorship upon the resignation of Gov. George W. Bush to become U.S. president.) | |||
| David Dewhurst | Jan. 14, 2003 | present | Republican |
Sources: Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Legislative Reference Library of Texas, the Handbook of Texas Online, Texas Almanac archive, the Dallas Morning News, and Journals of the House of Representatives.
