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Capital: Austin
State Nickname: Lone Star State
State Bird: Mockingbird
State Flower: Bluebonnet
Admitted to the Union: December 29, 1845
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| Governors |
February 19, 1846 to December 21, 1847:
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James Pinckney Henderson
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December 21, 1847 to December 21, 1849:
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George T. Wood
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December 21, 1849 to November 23, 1853:
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Peter Hansbrough Bell*
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* Resigned from office
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November 23, 1853 to December 21, 1853:
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James Wilson Henderson
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December 21, 1853 to December 21, 1857:
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Elisha M. Pease
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December 21, 1857 to December 21, 1859:
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Hardin Richard Runnels
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December 21, 1959 to March 16, 1861:
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Sam Houston*
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* Resigned from office
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March 16, 1861 to November 7, 1861:
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Edward Clark
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November 7, 1861 to November 5, 1863:
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Francis Richard Lobbock*
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November 5, 1863 to June 17, 1865:
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Pendelton Murrah*
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* Administration terminated due to fall of Confederacy
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June 17, 1865 to August 9, 1866:
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Andrew Jackson Hamilton*
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* Provisional governor appointed by President Johnson
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August 9, 1866 to August 8, 1867:
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James Webb Throckmorton
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August 8, 1867 to September 30, 1869:
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Elisha Marshall Pease*
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* Appointed under Marshall Law and vacated September 30, 1869. No governor until January 8, 1870
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January 8, 1870 to January 15, 1874:
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Edmund Jackson Davis
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January 15, 1874 to December 1, 1876:
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Richard Coke*
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* Resigned from office
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December 1, 1876 to January 21, 1879:
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Richard Bennett Hubbard
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January 21, 1879 to January 16, 1883:
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Oran Milo Roberts
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January 16, 1883 to January 18, 1887:
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John Ireland
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January 18, 1887 to January 20, 1891:
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Lawrence Sullivan Ross
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January 20, 1891 to January 15, 1895:
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James Stephen Hogg
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January 15, 1895 to January 17, 1899:
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Charles A. Culberson
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January 17, 1899 to January 20, 1903:
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Joseph Draper Sayers
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January 20, 1903 to January 15, 1907;
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Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham
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January 15, 1907 to January 17, 1911:
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Thomas Mitchell Campbell
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January 17, 1911 to January 19, 1915:
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Oscar Branch Colquitt
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January 19, 1915 to August 25, 1917:
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James E. Ferguson*
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* Resigned from office
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August 25, 1917 to January 18, 1921:
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William Pettus Hobby
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Janiary 18, 1921 to January 20, 1925:
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Pat Morris Neff
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January 20, 1925 to January 18, 1927:
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Miriam Amanda Ferguson
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January 18, 1927 to January 20, 1931:
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Dan James Moody
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January 20, 1931 to January 17, 1933:
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Ross Shaw Sterling
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January 17, 1933 to January 15, 1935:
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Miriam Amanda Ferguson
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January 15, 1935 to January 17, 1939:
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James V. Allred
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January 17, 1939 to August 4, 1941:
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Wilbert Lee O'Daniel*
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* Resigned from office
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August 4, 1941 to January 21, 1947:
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Coke Robert Stevenson
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January 21, 1947 to July 9, 1949:
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Beauford Halbert Jester*
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* Died in office
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July 11, 1949 to January 15, 1957:
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Alan Shivers
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January 15, 1957 to January 15, 1963:
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Price Daniel
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January 15, 1963 to January 21, 1969:
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John Bowden Connally, Jr.
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January 21, 1969 to January 16, 1973:
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Preston Earnest Smith
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January 16, 1973 to January 16, 1979:
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Dolph Briscoe, Jr.
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January 16, 1979 to January 18, 1983:
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William Perry Clements Jr.
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January 18, 1983 to January 20, 1987:
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Mark Wells White, Jr.
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January 20, 1987 to January 15, 1991:
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William Perry Clements Jr.
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January 20, 1991 to January 15, 1995:
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Dorothy Ann Willis Richards
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January 17, 1995 to December 21, 2000:
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George Walker Bush
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December 21, 2000 –
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James Richard Perry
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| Senators - Class I |
February 21, 1846 – July 29, 1857
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Thomas Jefferson Rusk
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November 9, 1857 – June 4, 1858
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James Henderson * Died in office
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September 27, 1858 – December 5, 1859
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Matthias Ward
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December 5, 1859 – March 23, 1861
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Louis Trezevant Wigfall
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March 24, 1861 –
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Vacant (Civil War)
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March 30, 1870 – March 3, 1875
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James Winright Flanagan
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March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1887
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Samuel Bell Maxey
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March 4, 1887 – June 10, 1891
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John Henninger Reagan * Resigned office
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June 10, 1891 – March 22, 1892
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Horace Chilton
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March 23, 1892 – March 3, 1899
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Roger Quarles Mills
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March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1923
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Charles Allen Culberson
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March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929
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Earle Bradford Mayfield
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March 4, 1929 – January 3, 1953
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Thomas Terry Connally
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January 3, 1953 – January 14, 1957
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Marion Price Daniel Sr. * Resigned office
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January 15, 1957 – April 28, 1957
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William Arvis Blakley
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April 29, 1957 – January 3, 1971
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Ralph Webster Yarborough
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January 3, 1971 – January 20, 1993
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Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr.
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January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979
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Robert Charles Krueger
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June 14, 1993 –
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Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison
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| Senators - Class II |
February 21, 1846 – March 4, 1859
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Sam Houston
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March 4, 1859 – July 1861
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John Hemphill
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July 1861 – March 30, 1870
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Vacant (Civil War)
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March 31, 1870 – March 3, 1877
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Morgan Calvin Hamilton
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March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1895
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Richard Coke
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March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1901
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Horace Chilton
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March 4, 1901 – January 3, 1913
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Joseph Weldon Bailey * Resigned office
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January 4, 1913 – January 29, 1913
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Rienzi Melville Johnston
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February 3, 1913 – April 9, 1941
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John Morris Sheppard * Died in office
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April 21, 1941 – June 26, 1941
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Andrew Jackson Houston
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August 4, 1941 – January 3, 1949
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Wilbert Lee O'Daniel
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January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
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June 15, 1961 – January 3, 1985
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John Goodwin Tower
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January 3, 1985 – November 30, 2002
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William Philip Gramm
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December 2, 2002 –
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John Cornyn III
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| State Song |
Texas, Our Texas
Written by William J. Marsh and Gladys Yoakum Wright
Composed by William J. Marsh
Texas, Our Texas! all hail the mighty State!
Texas, Our Texas! so wonderful so great!
Boldest and grandest, withstanding ev'ry test
O Empire wide and glorious, you stand supremely blest.
Texas, O Texas! your freeborn single star,
Sends out its radiance to nations near and far,
Emblem of Freedom! it set our hearts aglow,
With thoughts of San Jacinto and glorious Alamo.
Texas, dear Texas! from tyrant grip now free,
Shines forth in splendor, your star of destiny!
Mother of heroes, we come your children true,
Proclaiming our allegiance, our faith, our love for you.
God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong,
That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.
God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong,
That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.
The song was officially adopted in 1929 |
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State Population
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1850: 212,592 |
1860: 604,215 |
1870: 818,579 |
1880: 1,542,359 |
1890: 2,235,523 |
1900: 3,048,710 |
1910: 3,896,542 |
1920: 4,663,228 |
1930: 5,824,715 |
1940: 6,414,824 |
1950: 7,711,194 |
1960: 9,579,677 |
1970: 11,198,655 |
1980: 14,229,191 |
1990: 16,986,510 |
2000: 20,851,790 |
State Capitol Building 1907
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