The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

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• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
  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...
  
  
• Attorney General
  Texas Attorney General
  The Texas Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Texas.The department has offices at the William P. Clements State Office Building at 300 West 15th Street in Austin.-History:...
  
  
• State Comptroller of Public Accounts
  Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
  The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is an executive branch position created by the Texas Constitution. As with nearly every other executive branch head, the Comptroller is popularly elected every four years concurrently with the Governor and the other elected executive branch positions...
  
  
• State Land Commissioner
• State Agriculture Commissioner
  Texas Department of Agriculture
  The Texas Department of Agriculture is a state agency within the state of Texas, which is responsible for matters pertaining to agriculture, rural community affairs, and related matters.TDA was established by the 13th Texas Legislature in 1907...
  
  

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
• State House of Representatives
  Texas House of Representatives
  The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Texas Legislature. The House is composed of 150 members elected from single-member districts across the state. The average district has about 150,000 people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits...
  
  
• State Railroad Commission
  Railroad Commission of Texas
  The Railroad Commission of Texas is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining .Established by the Texas Legislature in 1891, it is the state's oldest regulatory...
  
  
• State delegation to the U.S. Senate
• State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows: (D), (DM), (I), (R), and (U).

Year	|Executive offices	|State Legislature Texas Legislature The Legislature of the state of Texas is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The Legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin...	|Railroad Comm. Railroad Commission of Texas The Railroad Commission of Texas is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining .Established by the Texas Legislature in 1891, it is the state's oldest regulatory...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Texas These are tables of congressional delegations from Texas to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-United States House of Representatives:...	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Governor	Lt. Gov. 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...	Atty. Gen. Texas Attorney General The Texas Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Texas.The department has offices at the William P. Clements State Office Building at 300 West 15th Street in Austin.-History:...	Comptroller Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is an executive branch position created by the Texas Constitution. As with nearly every other executive branch head, the Comptroller is popularly elected every four years concurrently with the Governor and the other elected executive branch positions...	Treas. Texas State Treasurer Texas State Treasurer was a political office in the U.S. state of Texas, established in the Constitution of 1876. It was abolished in 1996.-History:...	Land Comm.	Ag. Comm. Texas Department of Agriculture The Texas Department of Agriculture is a state agency within the state of Texas, which is responsible for matters pertaining to agriculture, rural community affairs, and related matters.TDA was established by the 13th Texas Legislature in 1907...	State Senate Texas Senate The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing 31 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 672,000 per constituency. There are no term limits, and each term is four years long. The Senate meets at the...	State House Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Texas Legislature. The House is composed of 150 members elected from single-member districts across the state. The average district has about 150,000 people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits...	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. House
1846	James Pinckney Henderson James Pinckney Henderson James Pinckney Henderson was a United States and Republic of Texas lawyer, politician, soldier, and the first Governor of the State of Texas....  (D)	Albert Clinton Horton Albert Clinton Horton Albert Clinton Horton was a Texan politician, and the first Lieutenant Governor of Texas.-Early life:...  (D)	Volney Howard (D)	James B. Shaw (D)	James H. Raymond (D)	Thomas William Ward (D)	no such office			no such office	Thomas J. Rusk (D)	Sam Houston Sam Houston Samuel Houston, known as Sam Houston , was a 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier. He was born in Timber Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, of Scots-Irish descent. Houston became a key figure in the history of Texas and was elected as the first and third President of...  (D)	2D
1847	George T. Wood (D)	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...  (D)	John W. Harris (D)
1848						George W. Smyth George W. Smyth George Washington Smyth was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives. He is also noted as a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence....  (D)								Lewis Cass Lewis Cass Lewis Cass was an American military officer and politician. During his long political career, Cass served as a governor of the Michigan Territory, an American ambassador, a U.S. Senator representing Michigan, and co-founder as well as first Masonic Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Michigan...  and William O. Butler (D)
1849	Peter Hansborough Bell Peter Hansborough Bell Peter Hansborough Bell was an American military officer and politician who served as the third Governor of Texas and represented the state for two terms in the United States House of Representatives.-Background:Bell was born March 11, 1810 in Culpeper County, Virginia...  (D)		Henry P. Brewster
1850			Andrew Jackson Hamilton (D)
1851		James W. Henderson (D)	Ebenezer Allen Ebenezer Allen (Texas politician) Ebenezer C. Allen was Secretary of State and the last Attorney General of the Republic of Texas. He was also an Attorney General of the State of Texas. He was an early Texas railroad promoter. He died in the service of the South in the U.S...  (D)			Stephen Crosby (D)
1852			Thomas J. Jennings											Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States and is the only President from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce took part in the Mexican-American War and became a brigadier general in the Army...  and William R. King William R. King William Rufus DeVane King was the 13th Vice President of the United States for about six weeks , and earlier a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, Minister to France, and a Senator from Alabama...  (D)
1853	James W. Henderson (D)	vacant						33D
	Elisha M. Pease Elisha M. Pease Elisha Marshall Pease was a U.S. politician from the 1830s through the 1870s. He served as the fifth and 13th Governor of Texas .A native of Enfield, Connecticut, Pease moved to Mexican Texas in 1835...  (U)	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....  (D)
1854
1855		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...  (D)										Sam Houston (K-N)	1D 1K-N
1856			James Willie											James Buchanan James Buchanan James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States . He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century....  and John C. Breckinridge John C. Breckinridge John Cabell Breckinridge was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Kentucky and was the 14th Vice President of the United States , to date the youngest vice president in U.S...  (D)
1857	Hardin Richard Runnels (D)	Francis 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....  (D)									J. Pinckney Henderson (D)		2D
1858			Malcolm D. Graham (D)	Clement R. Johns (D)	Cyrus H. Randolph (D)	Francis M. White (D)					Matthias Ward Matthias Ward Matthias Ward was a lawyer and United States Senator from Texas.Born in Elbert County, Georgia, Ward was raised in Alabama. In 1836 he settled in Bowie, Texas, moving to Clarksville, Texas in 1845 and later to Jefferson, Texas.Ward served in the Congress of the Republic of Texas and later in the...  (D)
1859	Sam Houston (I)	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:...  (D)										John Hemphill (D)
1860			George M. Flournoy (D)								Louis T. Wigfall (D)			John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane Joseph Lane Joseph Lane was an American general during the Mexican-American War and a United States Senator from Oregon.-Early life:...  (D)
1861	Edward Clark (D)	vacant
	Francis R. Lubbock (D)	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,...  (D)									Expelled following Texas' secession from the U.S.
1862			Nathan G. Shelley (D)								Civil War/no delegations seated
1863	Pendleton Murrah Pendleton Murrah Pendleton Murrah was the tenth Governor of Texas. His term in office coincided with the American Civil War.A native of South Carolina, Murrah graduated from Brown University in 1848. He moved to Texas and opened a law practice in Marshall. He ran and was defeated for the U.S...  (D)	Fletcher 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...  (D)				Stephen Crosby
1864			Benjamin E. Tarver (D)											No Electors Counted
1865	Fletcher Stockdale (D)	vacant	William Alexander (U)	Willis L. Robards (D)
	Andrew Jackson Hamilton (DM)				Samuel Harris (D)	Francis M. White (D)					Reconstruction/no delegations seated
1866	James W. Throckmorton James W. Throckmorton James Webb Throckmorton was an American politician who served as the 12th Governor of Texas from 1866 to 1867 during the early days of Reconstruction...  (D)	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:...  (D)	William M. Walton William M. Walton William Martin Walton was a prominent lawyer in Austin, Texas. During the Civil War, Walton was a Major in the Confederate Army. After the War, he was elected Attorney General of the state and also headed the state Democratic Party...  (D)	Albert H. Latimer (R)	W. M. Royston (D)	Stephen Crosby (D)
1867	Elisha M. Pease Elisha M. Pease Elisha Marshall Pease was a U.S. politician from the 1830s through the 1870s. He served as the fifth and 13th Governor of Texas .A native of Enfield, Connecticut, Pease moved to Mexican Texas in 1835...  (R)	vacant	Ezekiel B. Turner Ezekiel B. Turner Ezekiel B. Turner was a United States federal judge.Born in Putney, Vermont, Turner read law to enter the bar in 1848. He became a prosecuting attorney of St. Joseph County, Michigan in 1850, and then a justice of the peace for that county...  (U)	Morgan C. Hamilton Morgan C. Hamilton Morgan Calvin Hamilton was an American merchant, politician from Texas, and brother of Andrew Jackson Hamilton. For six years, 1839–45, he served in the war department of the Republic of Texas, first as clerk and in 1844–45 as secretary of war. One of the few Texan abolitionists, he fought for...  (R)	John T. Allan (R)	Joseph Spence (R)
1868
1869		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...  (R)			George W. Honey (R)
1870	Edmund J. Davis Edmund J. Davis Edmund Jackson Davis was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician. He was a Southern Unionist and served as a Union general in the American Civil War, besides serving one term as the 14th Governor of Texas.-Early years:...  (R)	Donald Campbell (R)	William Alexander (R)	Albert A. Bledsoe (R)		Jacob Kuechler (R)					James W. Flanagan (R)	Morgan C. Hamilton (R)	3R, 1D
1871		David Webster Flanagan (R)											3D, 1R
1872		Albert Jennings Fountain Albert Jennings Fountain Albert Jennings Fountain was a lawyer, Indian fighter, and Republican politician in Texas and New Mexico.-Biography:...  (R)											4D	Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Indiana, the 16th Governor of Indiana , and the 21st Vice President of the United States...  and B. Gratz Brown B. Gratz Brown Benjamin Gratz Brown was an American politician. He was a Senator, the 20th Governor of Missouri, and the Liberal Republican and Democratic Party Vice presidential candidate in the presidential election of 1872.-Early life:...  (D)
1873		Edward Bradford Pickett (D)			B. Graham (R)								6D
1874	Richard Coke Richard Coke Richard Coke was an American lawyer, farmer, and statesman from Waco, Texas. He was the 15th governor of Texas from 1874 to 1876 and represented Texas in the U.S. Senate from 1877 to 1895. His uncle was Congressman Richard Coke, Jr..Coke was born in Williamsburg, Virginia, to John and Eliza Coke...  (D)	Richard B. Hubbard 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...  (D)	George Clark (D)	Stephen H. Darden (D)	Andrew Jackson Dorn (D)	J. J. Gross (D)
1875											Samuel B. Maxey Samuel B. Maxey Samuel Bell Maxey was an American soldier, lawyer, and politician from Paris, Texas, United States. He was a Major General for the Confederacy in the Civil War and later represented Texas in the U.S. Senate.-Early life:...  (D)
1876	Richard B. Hubbard (D)	vacant	Hannibal H. Boone (D)											Samuel J. Tilden Samuel J. Tilden Samuel Jones Tilden was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency in the disputed election of 1876, one of the most controversial American elections of the 19th century. He was the 25th Governor of New York...  and Thomas Andrews Hendricks (D)
1877												Richard Coke (D)
1878			George McCormick (D)			William C. Walsh (D)
1879	Oran M. Roberts Oran M. Roberts Oran Milo Roberts , was the 17th Governor of Texas from January 21, 1879 to January 16, 1883. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Roberts County, Texas, is named after him....  (D)	Joseph D. 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 :...  (D)			Francis R. Lubbock (D)								5D, 1GB United States Greenback Party The Greenback Party was an American political party with an anti-monopoly ideology that was active between 1874 and 1884. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward...
1880			James H. McLeary (D)	William M. Brown (D)										Winfield Hancock and William Hayden English William Hayden English William Hayden English was an American politician from Indiana.William English was most famous for his role in the passage of the infamous, pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution of Kansas in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1858...  (D)
1881		Leonidas Jefferson Storey (D)
1882			John D. Templeton (D)
1883	John Ireland John Ireland (politician) John Ireland was the 18th Governor of Texas from 1883 to 1887. During Ireland's term, the University of Texas was established, and construction on the Texas State Capitol began...  (D)	Francis Marion Martin (D)		William Jesse Swain (D)									10D, 1I
1884														Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents...  and Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Indiana, the 16th Governor of Indiana , and the 21st Vice President of the United States...  (D)
1885		Barnett Gibbs (D)											11D
1886			Jim Hogg Jim Hogg James Stephen "Big Jim" Hogg was a Texas lawyer, doctor and statesman, and the 20th Governor of Texas. He was born near Rusk, Texas. Hogg was a follower of the conservative New South Creed which became popular following the U.S. Civil War, and was also associated with populism. He was the first...  (D)
1887	Lawrence Sullivan Ross Lawrence Sullivan Ross Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross was the 19th Governor of Texas , a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, and a president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, now called Texas A&M University.Ross was raised in the Republic of Texas, which was later annexed to...  (D)	Thomas Benton Wheeler (D)		John D. McCall (D)		R. M. Hall (D)					John H. Reagan (D)
1888														Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman Allen G. Thurman Allen Granberry Thurman was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Ohio, as well as the nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States in 1888.-Biography:...  (D)
1889
1890
1891	Jim Hogg (D)	George C. Pendleton George C. Pendleton George Cassety Pendleton was a Democratic politician who served as Texas State Representative and Speaker, Lieutenant Governor of Texas, and U.S. Representative from the 7th District of Texas....  (D)	Charles A. Culberson (D)		William B. Wortham (D)	William L. McGaughey (D)				3D	Horace Chilton Horace Chilton Horace Chilton was a printer, lawyer, and Democratic United States Senator from Texas.Chilton - a grandson of Thomas Chilton - was born near Tyler, Texas, and by age 18 was publishing the tri-weekly Tyler Sun newspaper...  (D)
1892											Roger Q. Mills Roger Q. Mills Roger Quarles Mills was an American politician and an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Background:...  (D)			Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D)
1893		Martin McNulty Crane (D)											13D
1894
1895	Charles A. Culberson (D)	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...  (D)	Martin McNulty Crane (D)	Richard W. Finley (D)		Andrew Jackson Baker (D)						Horace Chilton (D)	12D, 1R
1896														William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan was an American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States...  and Arthur Sewall Arthur Sewall Arthur Sewall was a U.S. Democratic politician from Maine most notable as William Jennings Bryan's first running mate in 1896. As the Populist Party nominee, Bryan had another running mate as well, Thomas E. Watson...  (D)
1897
1898			Thomas Slater Smith (D)
1899	Joseph D. Sayers (D)	James 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....  (D)			John W. Robbins (D)	Charles Rogan (D)					Charles A. Culberson (D)
1900														William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D)
1901			Charles K. Bell Charles K. Bell Charles Keith Bell was an American politician who represented Texas in the United States House of Representatives from 1893-1897. He was the nephew of Reese Bowen Brabson....  (D)	Robert M. Love (D)								Joseph Weldon Bailey Joseph Weldon Bailey Joseph Weldon Bailey, Sr. was a United States Senator, United States Representative, lawyer, and a Populist political figure. He served as a Congressional Representative between 1891 and 1901, and as the House minority leader from 1897 until 1899...  (D)	13D
1902
1903	S. W. T. Lanham (D)	George D. Neal (D)		J. W. Stephen (D)		John J. Terrell (D)							16D
1904			Robert V. Davidson (D)											Alton B. Parker Alton B. Parker Alton Brooks Parker was an American lawyer, judge and the Democratic nominee for U.S. president in the 1904 elections.-Life:...  and Henry G. Davis Henry G. Davis Henry Gassaway Davis was a self-made millionaire and U.S. Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. His brother was U.S...
1905
1906
1907	Thomas Mitchell Campbell Thomas Mitchell Campbell Thomas Mitchell Campbell was the 24th Governor of Texas from 1907 to 1911.-Biography:Campbell was born in Rusk, Texas, the son of Thomas Duncan and Rachel Campbell. He attended school at Rusk and entered Trinity University in 1873 to study law. He was unable to support himself and withdrew after...  (D)	Asbury Bascom Davidson (D)			Sam Sparks Sam Sparks Sam Sparks is a federal judge in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.- Early life :After graduating from Austin High School as senior class president, Sparks received an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas in 1961 where he was a member of the Texas...  (D)		Robert Teague Milner (D)
1908							Edward R. Kone (D)							William Jennings Bryan and John W. Kern John W. Kern John Worth Kern was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana. While the title was not official, he is considered to be the first Senate Majority leader , while serving concurrently as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus.Born in Alto, Indiana, Kern studied law at the University of...  (D)
1909						James T. Robison (D)
1910			Jewel P. Lightfoot (D)
1911	Oscar Branch Colquitt Oscar Branch Colquitt Oscar Branch Colquitt was the 25th Governor of Texas from January 17, 1911 to January 19, 1915. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Gov...  (D)			W. P. Lane (D)
1912					J. M. Edwards (D)									Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...  and Thomas R. Marshall Thomas R. Marshall Thomas Riley Marshall was an American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States under Woodrow Wilson...  (D)
			James D. Walthall (D)
1913		William Harding Mayes (D)	B. F. Looney (D)									Rienzi Melville Johnston Rienzi Melville Johnston Rienzi Melville Johnston was an American newspaperman and Democratic Party politician from Houston, Texas...  (D)	18D
												Morris Sheppard Morris Sheppard John Morris Sheppard was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment and introduced it in the Senate, so that he is referred to as "the father of national Prohibition."-Biography:John Morris Sheppard was born in Morris County...  (D)
1914
1915	James E. Ferguson James E. Ferguson James Edward "Pa" Ferguson, Jr. , was a Democratic politician from the state of Texas.- Early life :Ferguson was born to the Reverend James Ferguson, Sr., and Fannie Ferguson near Salado in south Bell County, Texas. He entered Salado College at age twelve but was eventually expelled for...  (D)	William P. Hobby 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....  (D)		Henry B. Terrell (D)			Fred Davis (D)
1916
1917	William P. Hobby (D)	vacant
1918
1919		Willard Arnold Johnson (D)	Calvin M. Cureton (D)		John W. Baker (D)
1920				M. L. Wiginton (D)			George B. Terrell George B. Terrell George Butler Terrell was a U.S. Representative from Texas.Born in Alto, Texas, Terrell attended the public schools, Sam Houston Teachers' College in Huntsville, Texas, and Baylor University in Waco, Texas....  (D)							James M. Cox James M. Cox James Middleton Cox was the 46th and 48th Governor of Ohio, U.S. Representative from Ohio and Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1920....  and Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...  (D)
1921	Pat Morris Neff Pat Morris Neff Pat Morris Neff was the 28th Governor of Texas from 1921 to 1925 and 9th President of Baylor University from 1932 to 1947.-Early life:...  (D)	Lynch Davidson (D)		Lon A. Smith (D)	Charles Vernon Terrell (D)								17D, 1R
1922			W. A. Keeling (D)
1923		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...  (D)									Earle Bradford Mayfield Earle Bradford Mayfield Earle Bradford Mayfield was a lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Overton, Texas who served in both the Texas State Senate and United States Senate....  (D)
1924					Sidney Lee Staples (D)									John W. Davis John W. Davis John William Davis was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served as a United States Representative from West Virginia , then as Solicitor General of the United States and US Ambassador to the UK under President Woodrow Wilson...  and Charles W. Bryan Charles W. Bryan Charles Wayland Bryan was the younger brother of perennial U.S. Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, with whom he shares the distinction of being the only set of brothers to be nominated for national office by a major party.-Biography:Born in 1867 in Salem, Illinois, Bryan...  (D)
1925	Miriam A. Ferguson Miriam A. Ferguson Miriam Amanda Wallace "Ma" Ferguson was the first female Governor of Texas in 1925. She held office until 1927, later winning another term in 1933 and serving until 1935.-Early life:...  (D)	Barry Miller (D)	Dan Moody Dan Moody Daniel James Moody, Jr. , was a Democratic political figure, originally from Taylor, Texas, USA. He served as the 30th Governor of Texas between 1927 and 1931, and is best remembered as a reformer and an opponent of the Ku Klux Klan...  (D)	Sam Houston Terrell (D)	W. Gregory Hatcher (D)			30D, 1R	148D, 2R
1926
1927	Dan Moody (D)		Claude Pollard Claude Pollard Claude Pollard was Attorney General of Texas from 1927 - 1929. During his service in public office he defended laws aimed at the disenfranchisement of black voters.-Early life:...  (D)						149D, 1R
1928														Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...  and Charles Curtis Charles Curtis Charles Curtis was a United States Representative, a longtime United States Senator from Kansas later chosen as Senate Majority Leader by his Republican colleagues, and the 31st Vice President of the United States...  (R)
1929								31D	150D		Tom Connally (D)		18D
			Robert L. Bobbitt Robert L. Bobbitt Robert Lee Bobbitt, Sr. , was an attorney and Democratic politician from San Antonio, Texas, who served in the first half of the 20th century as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Attorney General of Texas, and chairman of the Texas Highway Department.-Early life:Named for Confederate...  (D)			J. H. Walker J. H. Walker James Hemphill Walker was Texas Land Commissioner from 1929 - 1936. Due to his leadership, he kept thousands of Texas families from losing their homes during the Great Depression.-Early life:...  (D)
1930													17D, 1R
1931	Ross S. Sterling Ross S. Sterling Ross Shaw Sterling was a U.S. political figure who was the 31st Governor of Texas, having served a single two-year term between January 20, 1931, and January 17, 1933....  (D)	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...  (D)	James V. Allred (D)	George H. Sheppard George H. Sheppard George Hartfield Sheppard was Texas State Comptroller from 1930 until he died in office in 1949.-Early life:Sheppard was born November 4, 1874, in Waco, Texas. The son of Andrew M...  (D)	Charley Lockhart Charley Lockhart Charley R. Lockhart was Texas State Treasurer from 1931 - 1941. He was the shortest Texas elected official at 45 inches tall.-Early life:...  (D)		James E. McDonald James E. McDonald (Texas politician) James Eric McDonald was Texas Agriculture Commissioner from 1931 - 1951.-Early life and career:Born in Waxahachie, Texas on June 4, 1881 to James Edward McDonald and Thula Adams of Alabama. He married Eddie Viola Sims on July 11, 1903. They had two children.In 1928, McDonald was elected to the...  (D)
1932													18D	Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner John Nance Garner John Nance Garner, IV , was the 32nd Vice President of the United States and the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .- Early life and family :...  (D)
1933	Miriam A. Ferguson (D)												21D
1934
1935	James V. Allred (D)	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:...  (D)	William McCraw William McCraw William C. McCraw was Dallas County, Texas District Attorney and Attorney General of Texas from 1935 – 1939.McCraw was elected District Attorney of Dallas County. When he resigned, he joined his friend Tom C. Clark in forming the law firm of Clark and McCraw...  (D)
1936
1937						William H. McDonald William H. McDonald William H. McDonald served for one term as Texas Land Commissioner from 1937 - 1939. He was elected as a Democrat.-References:...  (D)
1938
1939	W. Lee O'Daniel W. Lee O'Daniel Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel, , was a conservative Democratic Party politician from Texas, who came to prominence by hosting a popular radio program. Known for his populist appeal, Pappy O'Daniel was the governor of Texas and later its junior U.S. Senator. He is also the only person ever to have...  (D)	Coke R. 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...  (D)	Gerald Mann Gerald Mann Gerald Mann was an American football player and the attorney general of Texas from 1939 to 1944.Mann studied at Southern Methodist University, where he was twice named to all-conference football teams and was nicknamed the "Little Red Arrow." He subsequently worked his way through Harvard Law...  (D)			Bascom Giles Bascom Giles James Bascom Giles was Texas Land Commissioner from 1931 to 1955. Implicated in the Veterans' Land Board scandal, he gave up his office and served 3 years in prison.-Early life:...  (D)
1940														Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace Henry A. Wallace Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd Vice President of the United States , the Secretary of Agriculture , and the Secretary of Commerce . In the 1948 presidential election, Wallace was the nominee of the Progressive Party.-Early life:Henry A...  (D)
1941
					Jesse James Jesse James (Texas Treasurer) Jesse James was the longest serving Texas State Treasurer, serving in that post from 1941 until his death in 1977.-Early years:James was born near Thorndale, Texas in Milam County...  (D)							Andrew Jackson Houston Andrew Jackson Houston Andrew Jackson Houston was an American politician. He was a son of the famous Texas hero and statesman Sam Houston, and was named for his father's mentor Andrew Jackson....  (D)
	Coke R. Stevenson (D)	vacant										W. Lee O'Daniel (D)
1942
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....  (D)
1944			Grover Sellers Grover Sellers Grover Sellers was Attorney General of Texas from 1944 - 1946.-Early years:Sellers was born in Louisiana on November 20, 1892...  (D)											Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...  (D)
1945
1946
1947	Beauford H. Jester Beauford H. Jester Beauford Halbert Jester was a U.S. political figure, the son of George Taylor Jester and his second wife, Frances Gordon Jester. He served as the 36th Governor of Texas from 1947 until 1949, when he died of a heart attack...  (D)	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...  (D)	Price Daniel Price Daniel Marion Price Daniel, Sr. , was a Democratic U.S. Senator and the 38th Governor of the state of Texas. He was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to be a member of the National Security Council, Director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness, and Assistant to the President for Federal-State...  (D)
1948														Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley Alben W. Barkley Alben William Barkley was an American politician in the Democratic Party who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States , under President Harry S. Truman....  (D)
1949	Allan Shivers (D)	vacant		Robert S. Calvert Robert S. Calvert For the Texas historian, see Robert A. Calvert.Robert S. Calvert was the longest-serving Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, having held that post from 1949 - 1975....  (D)								Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...  (D)	20D, 1R
1950
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,...  (D)					John C. White John C. White John Coyle White was an elected and appointed Democratic official from Texas. He was the longest-serving Texas Commissioner of Agriculture, first elected in 1951 and serving until his resignation in 1977. White was the youngest person elected to statewide office in Texas...  (D)		149D, 1R	21D
1952													Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...  and Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...  (R)
1953			John Ben Shepperd John Ben Shepperd John Ben Shepperd was the segregationist Texas attorney general from 1953–1957 who led resistance to the desegregation of public schools mandated by the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka...  (D)						149D, 1I	Price Daniel (D)	22D
1954
1955						James Earl Rudder James Earl Rudder James Earl Rudder was a United States Army Major General, Texas Land Commissioner, and President of Texas A&M University.-Early life:...  (D)			150D		21D, 1R
1956
1957	Price Daniel (D)		Will Wilson Will Wilson Will Reid Wilson, Sr. was a prominent Democratic politician in his native Texas best known for his service as attorney general of Texas from 1957-1963. In 1968, he joined the Republican Party to support the election of Richard M. Nixon as U.S. President. Nixon thereafter named Wilson an assistant...  (D)							William A. Blakley William A. Blakley William Arvis "Dollar Bill" Blakley was an American senator and businessman from the State of Texas. He served two incomplete terms as Senator, the first in 1957, the second in 1961...  (D)
										Ralph Yarborough Ralph Yarborough Ralph Webster Yarborough was a Texas Democratic politician who served in the United States Senate and was a leader of the progressive or liberal wing of his party in his many races for statewide office...  (D)
1958						Bill Alcorn Bill Alcorn Bill Alcorn was Texas Land Commissioner in the late 1950s.Alcorn was from Brownwood, Texas. In February 1958, Governor Price Daniel appointed Alcorn as Texas Land Commissioner when James Earl Rudder was appointed Vice President of Texas A&M University. Alcorn was elected to one two-year term in...  (D)
1959
1960													John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....  and Lyndon B. Johnson (D)
1961						Jerry Sadler Jerry Sadler Jerry Sadler was a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Railroad Commission. From 1961 to 1971, he was the elected Commissioner of the General Land Office.-Early years:...  (D)			149D, 1R			William A. Blakley (D)
												John Tower John Tower John Goodwin Tower was the first Republican United States senator from Texas since Reconstruction. He served from 1961 until his retirement in January 1985, after which time he was the chairman of the Reagan-appointed Tower Commission that investigated the Iran-Contra Affair. He was George H. W...  (R)
1962
1963	John Connally John Connally John Bowden Connally, Jr. , was an influential American politician, serving as the 39th governor of Texas, Secretary of the Navy under President John F. Kennedy, and as Secretary of the Treasury under President Richard M. Nixon. While he was Governor in 1963, Connally was a passenger in the car in...  (D)	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:...  (D)	Waggoner Carr Waggoner Carr Vincent Waggoner Carr was a Democratic Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives and Attorney General of Texas.-Early years, education, military service:...  (D)						140D, 10R		21D, 2R
1964													Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. , served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and...  (D)
1965									149D, 1R		23D
1966
1967			Crawford Martin Crawford Martin Crawford Collins Martin was a Texas State Senator, Texas Secretary of State and Attorney General of Texas from 1967 until his death.-Early life:...  (D)					29D, 2R	143D, 7R		21D, 2R
1968													Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie Edmund Muskie Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie was an American politician from Rumford, Maine. He served as Governor of Maine from 1955 to 1959, as a member of the United States Senate from 1959 to 1980, and as Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981...  (D)
1969	Preston Smith (D)	Ben Barnes (D)							141D, 8R, 1I		20D, 3R
1970
1971						Bob Armstrong Bob Armstrong (Texas politician) Robert Landis "Bob" Armstrong served as a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1963 to 1970, Commissioner of the General Land Office from 1970 to 1982, and member of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission from 1985 to 1991. He was appointed Assistant Secretary for Land and...  (D)			140D, 10R	Lloyd M. Bentsen (D)
1972													Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland...  (R)
1973	Dolph Briscoe Dolph Briscoe Dolph Briscoe, Jr. was a Uvalde, Texas rancher and businessman who was the 41st Governor of Texas between 1973 and 1979....  (D)	William P. 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...  (D)	John Hill John Hill (Texas politician) John Luke Hill, Jr. , was a Texas lawyer, Democratic politician, and judge. He is thus far the only person to have served as Secretary of State of Texas, Texas Attorney General, and Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court....  (D)					28D, 3R	133D, 17R		20D, 4R
1974
1975				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...  (D)					132D, 18R		21D, 3R
1976													Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...  and Walter Mondale Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States , under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator for Minnesota...  (D)
1977					Warren Harding Warren G. Harding (Texas politician) Warren Glenn Harding was a Democrat who served as the Treasurer of the State of Texas from 1977-1983. The position no longer exists.-Early life:...  (D)		Reagan V. Brown Reagan V. Brown Reagan V. Brown was Texas Commissioner of Agriculture from 1977 - 1982.-Early years:Brown graduated from Texas A&M University in 1943. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a farmer and county extension agent....  (D)		131D, 19R		22D, 2R
1978
1979	Bill Clements Bill Clements William Perry "Bill" Clements, Jr. was the 42nd and 44th Governor of Texas, serving from 1979 to 1983 and 1987 to 1991. Clements was the first Republican to have served as governor of the U.S. state of Texas since Reconstruction...  (R)		Mark White Mark White Mark Wells White is an American lawyer, who served as the 43rd Governor of Texas from January 18,1983-January 20,1987.-Biography:...  (D)					27D, 4R	127D, 23R		20D, 4R
1980													Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....  and George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...  (R)
1981									113D, 37R		19D, 5R
1982
1983	Mark White (D)		Jim Mattox Jim Mattox James Albon Mattox was a Dallas lawyer and Texas Democratic politician who served three terms in the United States House of Representatives and two four-year terms as state Attorney General, but lost high profile races for Governor in 1990, the U.S. Senate in 1994, and again as attorney general...  (D)		Ann Richards Ann Richards Dorothy Ann Willis Richards was an American politician from Texas. She first came to national attention as the state treasurer of Texas, when she delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards served as the 45th Governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995 and was...  (D)	Garry Mauro Garry Mauro Garry Mauro is an American Democratic Party politician from Texas, most noted for being the four-term commissioner of the Texas General Land Office from 1983 to 1999 during the administrations of Governors Mark White, Bill Clements, Ann Richards, and George W...  (D)	Jim Hightower Jim Hightower James Allen "Jim" Hightower is an American syndicated columnist, activist and author.-Life and career:Born in Denison, Texas, Hightower came from a working class background. He worked his way through college as assistant general manager of the Denton Chamber of Commerce and later landed a spot as...  (D)	26D, 5R			21D, 6R
1984
1985								25D, 6R	95D, 55R		Phil Gramm Phil Gramm William Philip "Phil" Gramm is an American economist and politician, who has served as a Democratic Congressman , a Republican Congressman and a Republican Senator from Texas...  (R)	17D, 10R
1986
1987	Bill Clements (R)								90D, 60R
1988													George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle Dan Quayle James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana....  (R)
1989								23D, 8R	91D, 59R			19D, 8R
1990
1991	Ann Richards (D)	Bob Bullock (D)	Dan Morales Dan Morales Daniel C. "Dan" Morales served as the 48th Texas Attorney General from January 15, 1991 through January 13, 1999, during the administrations of Governors Ann Richards and George W. Bush. As attorney general, Morales reached a $17 billion settlement with big tobacco companies. He also authored...  (D)	John Sharp John Sharp John Sharp may refer to:*John Sharp *John Sharp , British television actor*John Sharp , Australian politician, member of the Australian House of Representatives...  (D)	Kay Bailey Hutchison Kay Bailey Hutchison Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison, known as Kay Bailey Hutchison , is the senior United States Senator from Texas.She is a member of the Republican Party. In 2001, she was named one of the thirty most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. The first woman to represent Texas in the U.S....  (R)		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...  (R)	22D, 9R	90D, 60R
1992													2D, 1R	George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle Dan Quayle James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana....  (R)
1993								18D, 13R	91D, 59R	Bob Krueger (D)		21D, 9R
					Martha Whitehead Martha Whitehead Martha Whitehead is a former elected official from the U.S. state of Texas. She was the last Texas State Treasurer before the position was abolished by constitutional amendment in 1996.-Biography:Whitehead is a former mayor of Longview, Texas...  (D)					Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
1994													3R
1995	George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....  (R)							17D, 14R	87D, 63R			18D, 12R
1996														Bob Dole Bob Dole Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996...  and Jack Kemp Jack Kemp Jack French Kemp was an American politician and a collegiate and professional football player. A Republican, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993, having previously served nine terms as a congressman for Western New York's 31st...  (R)
1997					no such office			17R, 14D	82D, 68R			17D, 13R
1998
1999		Rick Perry (R)	John Cornyn John Cornyn John Cornyn, III is the junior United States Senator for Texas, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was elected Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee for the 111th U.S. Congress....  (R)	Carole Keeton Strayhorn Carole Keeton Strayhorn Carole Keeton Strayhorn is the former Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts....  (R)		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...  (R)	Susan Combs Susan Combs Susan Combs is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Texas, currently serving as the state's Comptroller of Public Accounts....  (R)	16R, 15D	78D, 72R
2000														George W. Bush and Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....  (R)
	Rick Perry (R)	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...  (R)
2001								16R, 15D	78D, 72R
2002
			Greg Abbott Greg Abbott Gregory Wayne "Greg" Abbott is the Texas Attorney General, and is the second Republican since Reconstruction to serve in that role. Abbott was sworn in on December 2, 2002, following John Cornyn's election to the U.S. Senate...  (R)
2003		David Dewhurst (R)				Jerry E. Patterson (R)		19R, 12D	88R, 62D		John Cornyn (R)	17D, 15R
2004
2005								19R, 12D	86R, 64D			21R, 11D
2006								19R, 12D	86R, 64D
2007				Susan Combs (R)			Todd Staples Todd Staples Douglas Todd Staples is the current Republican Commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture. Prior to his election in 2006 as Agriculture Commissioner, he had been a member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature and formerly served on the city council in Palestine, Texas.Staples was...  (R)	20R, 11D	80R, 69D			19R, 13D
									81R, 69D
2008									77R, 71D					John McCain John McCain John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election....  and Sarah Palin Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...  (R)
2009								19R, 12D	76R, 74D			20R, 12D
2011								19R, 12D	101, 49D			23R, 9D
Year	Governor	Lt. Gov. 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...	Atty. Gen. Texas Attorney General The Texas Attorney General is the chief legal officer of the State of Texas.The department has offices at the William P. Clements State Office Building at 300 West 15th Street in Austin.-History:...	Comptroller Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is an executive branch position created by the Texas Constitution. As with nearly every other executive branch head, the Comptroller is popularly elected every four years concurrently with the Governor and the other elected executive branch positions...	Treas. Texas State Treasurer Texas State Treasurer was a political office in the U.S. state of Texas, established in the Constitution of 1876. It was abolished in 1996.-History:...	Land Comm.	Ag. Comm. Texas Department of Agriculture The Texas Department of Agriculture is a state agency within the state of Texas, which is responsible for matters pertaining to agriculture, rural community affairs, and related matters.TDA was established by the 13th Texas Legislature in 1907...	State Senate Texas Senate The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing 31 single-member districts across the state with populations of approximately 672,000 per constituency. There are no term limits, and each term is four years long. The Senate meets at the...	State House Texas House of Representatives The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Texas Legislature. The House is composed of 150 members elected from single-member districts across the state. The average district has about 150,000 people. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits...	|Railroad Comm. Railroad Commission of Texas The Railroad Commission of Texas is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and surface coal and uranium mining .Established by the Texas Legislature in 1891, it is the state's oldest regulatory...	U.S. Senator (Class I)	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. House	|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
	Executive offices							|State Legislature Texas Legislature The Legislature of the state of Texas is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Texas. The legislature is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The Legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin...	|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Texas These are tables of congressional delegations from Texas to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-United States House of Representatives:...