Railroad Commissioners of Texas
editSeat 1
edit| Photo | Commissoner | Term in office[1] |
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John H. Reagan (1818–1905) |
June 10, 1891 – January 20, 1903 |
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Oscar Branch Colquitt (1861–1940) |
January 21, 1903 – January 17, 1911 |
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John L. Wortham (1862–1924) |
January 21, 1911 – January 1, 1913 |
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Earle B. Mayfield (1881–1964) |
January 2, 1913 – March 1, 1923 |
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W. M. W. Splawn (1883–1963) |
March 1, 1923 – August 1, 1924 |
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C. V. Terrell (1861–1959) [2] |
August 15, 1924 – January 1, 1939 |
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Jerry Sadler (1907–1982) |
January 1, 1939 – January 1, 1943 |
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Beauford H. Jester (1893–1949) |
January 1, 1943 – January 21, 1947 |
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William J. Murray Jr. (1915–2004) [3] |
January 21, 1947 – April 10, 1963 |
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Jim C. Langdon (1914–1979) [4] |
May 28, 1963 – December 31, 1977 |
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John H. Poerner | January 2, 1978 – January 1, 1981 |
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Buddy Temple (1942–2015) |
January 2, 1981 – March 2, 1986 |
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Clark Jobe | March 3, 1986 – January 5, 1987 |
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John Sharp (b. 1950) |
January 6, 1987 – January 22, 1991 |
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Lena Guerrero (1957–2008) |
January 23, 1992 – October 1, 1993 |
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Jim Wallace (1928–2017) [5] |
October 2, 1992 – January 4, 1993 |
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Barry Williamson (b. 1957) |
January 5, 1993 – January 3, 1999 |
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Tony Garza (b. 1959) |
January 4, 1999 – November 18, 2002 |
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Victor G. Carrillo (b. 1965) [6] |
February 19, 2003 – January 3, 2011 |
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David J. Porter (b. 1956) |
January 5, 2011 – January 3, 2017 |
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Wayne Christian (b. 1950) |
January 3, 2017 – Present |
Seat 2
edit| Commissoner | Years |
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| Lafayette L. Foster | 1891–1895 |
| N. A. Stedman | 1895–1897 |
| Allison Mayfield | 1897–1923 |
| W. A. Nabors | 1923–1925 |
| Lon A. Smith | 1925–1941 |
| Olin Culberson | 1941–1961 |
| Ben Ramsey | 1961–1976 |
| Jon Newton | 1977–1979 |
| James E. Nugent | 1979–1995 |
| Charles Matthews | 1995–2005 |
| Elizabeth Ames Jones | 2005–2012 |
| Buddy Garcia | 2012 |
| Christi Craddick | 2012–present |
Seat 3
edit| Commissoner | Years |
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| William P. McLean | 1891–1894 |
| Leonidas J. Storey | 1894–1909 |
| William D. Williams | 1909–1916 |
| Charles H. Hurdleston | 1916–1918 |
| Clarence E. Gilmore | 1919–1929 |
| Pat Morris Neff | 1929–1933 |
| Ernest O. Thompson | 1933–1965 |
| Byron M. Tunnell | 1965–1973 |
| Mack Wallace | 1973–1987 |
| Kent Hance | 1987–1991 |
| Bob Krueger | 1991–1993 |
| Mary Scott Nabers | 1993–1994 |
| Carole Keeton Strayhorn | 1994–1999 |
| Michael L. Williams | 1999–2011 |
| Barry T. Smitherman | 2011–2015 |
| Ryan Sitton | 2015–2021 |
| Jim Wright | 2021–present |
Lieutenant governors of Texas
edit- Parties
Democrat (38 lieutenant governors) Republican (5 lieutenant governors)
| No. | Image | Lieutenant Governor | Term in office | Governor(s) served under | Party |
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| 1 | 
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Albert C. Horton (1798–1865) |
May 2, 1846 – December 21, 1847 [a] |
J. Pinckney Henderson | Democratic |
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John A. Greer (1802–1855) |
December 21, 1847 – December 22, 1851 |
George Tyler Wood Peter Hansborough Bell |
Democratic |
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James W. Henderson (1817–1880) |
December 22, 1851 – November 23, 1853 [b] |
Peter Hansborough Bell | Democratic |
| 4 | 
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David C. Dickson (1818–1880) |
December 21, 1853 – December 21, 1855 |
Elisha M. Pease | Democratic |
| 5 | 
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Hardin R. Runnels (1820–1873) |
December 21, 1855 – December 21, 1857 |
Elisha M. Pease | Democratic |
| 6 | 
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Francis Lubbock (1815–1905) |
December 21, 1857 – December 21, 1859 |
Hardin Richard Runnels | Democratic |
| 7 | 
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Edward Clark (1815–1880) |
December 21, 1859 – March 16, 1861 |
Sam Houston | Democratic |
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John M. Crockett (1816–1887) |
November 7, 1861 – November 5, 1863 |
Francis Lubbock | Democratic |
| 9 | 
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Fletcher Stockdale (1823–1890) |
November 5, 1863 – June 17, 1865 |
Pendleton Murrah | Democratic |
| — | Vacant | Vacant | June 17, 1865 – August 9, 1866 |
Fletcher Stockdale Andrew Jackson Hamilton |
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George W. Jones (1828–1903) |
August 9, 1866 – July 30, 1867 [c] |
James W. Throckmorton | Democratic |
| — | Vacant | Vacant | July 30, 1867 – January 8, 1870 |
Elisha M. Pease | – |
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James W. Flanagan | January 8, 1870 – February 24, 1870 |
Edmund J. Davis | Republican |
| — | Vacant | Vacant[e] | February 24, 1870 – January 15, 1874 |
Edmund J. Davis | – |
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Richard B. Hubbard | January 15, 1874 – December 1, 1876 |
Richard Coke | Democratic |
| — | Vacant | Vacant[f] | December 1, 1876 – January 21, 1879 |
Richard B. Hubbard | – |
| 12 | 
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Joseph D. Sayers (1841–1929) |
January 21, 1879 – January 18, 1881 |
Oran Milo Roberts | Democratic |
| 13 | 
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Leonidas J. Storey | January 18, 1881 – January 16, 1883 |
Oran Milo Roberts | Democratic |
| 14 | 
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Francis Marion Martin | January 16, 1883 – January 20, 1885 |
John Ireland | Democratic |
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Barnett Gibbs | January 20, 1885 – January 19, 1887 |
John Ireland | Democratic |
| 16 | 
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Thomas Benton Wheeler | January 19, 1887 – January 21, 1891 |
Lawrence Sullivan Ross | Democratic |
| 17 | 
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George C. Pendleton | January 21, 1891 – January 17, 1893 |
Jim Hogg | Democratic |
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Martin McNulty Crane | January 17, 1893 – January 15, 1895 |
Jim Hogg | Democratic |
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Dan Patrick (b. 1950) |
January 20, 2015 – Present |
Greg Abbott | Republican |
- ^ "Railroad Commissioners Past through Present". www.rrc.texas.gov. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ "Terrell, Charles Vernon (1861–1959)". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ "William James Murray". Texas State Cemetery. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ "James Calhoun Langdon". Texas State Cemetery. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ "Jim Wallace". Legislative Reference Library of Texas. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ "Victor G. Carrillo (R)". Texas State Directory. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
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