Rulers: United States
States S-U
Party abbreviations: Con=Conservative, Dem=Democratic, D-R=Democratic-Republican, Rep=Republican, Uni=Union, Whg=Whig
South Carolina
1663 English colony (Carolina)
1712 officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina
26 Mar 1778 State of South Carolina
20 Dec 1860 secession
8 Feb 1861 founding state of Confederate States of America
25 Jun 1868 readmitted to United States
Governors
1669 - 1671 William Sayle (b. ... - d. 1671)
1671 - 1672 Joseph West (1st time) (b. ... - d. 1692)
1672 - 1674 Sir John Yeamans (b. 1611? - d. 1675)
1674 - 1682 Joseph West (2nd time) (s.a.)
1682 - 1684 Joseph Morton (1st time)
1684 Richard Kyrle
1684 - 1685 Robert Quarry
1685 Joseph West (3rd time) (s.a.)
1685 - 1686 Joseph Morton (2nd time)
1686 - 1690 James Colleton
1690 - 1692 Seth Sothell
1692 - 1693 Philip Ludwell (b. 1660? - d. 1704?)
1693 - 1694 Thomas Smith
1694 Joseph Blake (1st time)
1694 - 1696 John Archdale (b. 1642 - d. 1717)
1696 - 1700 Joseph Blake (2nd time)
1700 - 1703 James Moore (b. 16... - d. 1706)
1703 - 1708 Sir Nathaniel Johnson
1709 - 1710 Edward Tynte
1710 - 1711 Robert Gibbes
1711 - 1716 Charles Craven
1716 - 1717 Robert Daniel
1717 - 1719 Robert Johnson (1st time) (b. 1676? - d. 1735)
1719 - 1721 James Moore
1721 - 1725 Francis Nicholson (b. 1660 - d. 1728)
1725 - 1729 Arthur Middleton (b. 1681 - d. 1737)
1729 - 1735 Robert Johnson (2nd time) (s.a.)
1735 - 1737 Thomas Broughton (acting)
1737 - 1743 William Bull (acting) (b. 1683 - d. 1755)
1743 - 1756 James Glen (b. 1701 - d. 1777)
1756 - 1760 William Henry Lyttelton (b. 1724 - d. 1808)
1760 - 1761 William Bull (1st time) (acting) (b. 1710 - d. 1791)
1761 - 1764 Thomas Boone
1764 - 1766 William Bull (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)
1766 - 1773 Charles Greville Montagu (b. 1741 - d. 1783)
1773 - 1775 William Bull (3rd time) (acting) (s.a.)
1775 - 1776 William Campbell
Presidents
4 Jul 1776 - 7 Mar 1778 John Rutledge (b. 1739 - d. 1800)
7 Mar 1778 - 9 Jan 1779 Rawlins Lowndes (b. 1721 - d. 1800)
Governors
9 Jan 1779 - 31 Jan 1782 John Rutledge (s.a.)
31 Jan 1782 - 4 Feb 1783 John Mathews (b. 1744 - d. 1802)
4 Feb 1783 - 11 Feb 1785 Benjamin Guerard
11 Feb 1785 - 20 Feb 1787 William Moultrie (1st time) (b. 1730 - d. 1805)
20 Feb 1787 - 26 Jan 1789 Thomas Pinckney (b. 1750 - d. 1828)
26 Jan 1789 - 5 Dec 1792 Charles Pinckney (1st time) D-R (b. 1757 - d. 1824)
5 Dec 1792 - Dec 1794 William Moultrie (2nd time) D-R (s.a.)
Dec 1794 - Dec 1796 Arnoldus Vanderhorst D-R (b. 1748 - d. 1815)
Dec 1796 - 6 Dec 1798 Charles Pinckney (2nd time) D-R (s.a.)
18 Dec 1798 - 23 Jan 1800 Edward Rutledge D-R (b. 1749 - d. 1800)
23 Jan 1800 - Dec 1802 John Drayton (1st time) D-R (b. 1767 - d. 1822)
Dec 1802 - Dec 1804 James B. Richardson D-R (b. 1770 - d. 1836)
Dec 1804 - Dec 1806 Paul Hamilton D-R (b. 1762 - d. 1816)
Dec 1806 - 10 Dec 1808 Charles Pinckney (3rd time) D-R (s.a.)
10 Dec 1808 - Dec 1810 John Drayton (2nd time) D-R (s.a.)
10 Dec 1810 - Dec 1812 Henry Middleton D-R (b. 1770 - d. 1846)
Dec 1812 - Dec 1814 Joseph Alston D-R (b. 1779 - d. 1816)
Dec 1814 - Dec 1816 David R. Williams D-R (b. 1776 - d. 1830)
Dec 1816 - Dec 1818 Andrew Pickens D-R (b. 1779 - d. 1838)
Dec 1818 - Dec 1820 John Geddes D-R (b. 1763 - d. 1838)
Dec 1820 - Dec 1822 Thomas Bennett D-R (b. 1781 - d. 1865)
Dec 1822 - Dec 1824 John L. Wilson D-R (b. 1784 - d. 1849)
Dec 1824 - Dec 1826 Richard I. Manning D-R (b. 1789 - d. 1836)
Dec 1826 - Dec 1828 John Taylor D-R (b. 1770 - d. 1832)
Dec 1828 - Dec 1830 Stephen D. Miller Dem (b. 1787 - d. 1838)
Dec 1830 - 13 Dec 1832 James Hamilton, Jr. Dem (b. 1786 - d. 1857)
13 Dec 1832 - 11 Dec 1834 Robert Y. Hayne Dem (b. 1791 - d. 1839)
11 Dec 1834 - Dec 1836 George McDuffie Dem (b. 1790 - d. 1851)
Dec 1836 - 10 Dec 1838 Pierce M. Butler Dem (b. 1798 - d. 1847)
10 Dec 1838 - 7 Apr 1840 Patrick Noble Dem (b. 1787 - d. 1840)
7 Apr 1840 - 10 Dec 1840 B.K. Henagan (acting) Dem (b. 1798 - d. 1855)
10 Dec 1840 - Dec 1842 John P. Richardson Dem (b. 1801 - d. 1864)
Dec 1842 - Dec 1844 James H. Hammond Dem (b. 1807 - d. 1864)
Dec 1844 - Dec 1846 William Aiken Dem (b. 1806 - d. 1887)
Dec 1846 - Dec 1848 David Johnson Dem (b. 1782 - d. 1855)
Dec 1848 - Dec 1850 Whitemarsh B. Seabrook Dem (b. 1792 - d. 1855)
16 Dec 1850 - Dec 1852 John H. Means Dem (b. 1812 - d. 1862)
Dec 1852 - Dec 1854 John L. Manning Dem (b. 1816 - d. 1889)
Dec 1854 - Dec 1856 James H. Adams Dem (b. 1812 - d. 1861)
Dec 1856 - Dec 1858 Robert F.W. Allston Dem (b. 1801 - d. 1864)
Dec 1858 - Dec 1860 William H. Gist Dem (b. 1807 - d. 1874)
Dec 1860 - Dec 1862 Francis W. Pickens Dem (b. 1805 - d. 1869)
Dec 1862 - Dec 1864 Milledge L. Bonham Dem (b. 1813 - d. 1890)
20 Dec 1864 - 25 May 1865 Andrew G. Magrath Dem (b. 1813 - d. 1893)
30 Jun 1865 - 29 Nov 1865 Benjamin F. Perry (acting) (b. 1805 - d. 1886)
29 Nov 1865 - 6 Jul 1868 James L. Orr Con (b. 1822 - d. 1873)
6 Jul 1868 - 9 Jul 1868 Edward R.S. Canby (acting) (b. 1817 - d. 1873)
9 Jul 1868 - 7 Dec 1872 Robert K. Scott Rep (b. 1826 - d. 1900)
7 Dec 1872 - 1 Dec 1874 Franklin J. Moses, Jr. Rep (b. 1838 - d. 1906)
1 Dec 1874 - 14 Dec 1876 Daniel H. Chamberlain Rep (b. 1835 - d. 1907)
(continues in opposition to 10 Apr 1877)
14 Dec 1876 - 26 Feb 1879 Wade Hampton Dem (b. 1818 - d. 1902)
26 Feb 1879 - 1 Sep 1880 William D. Simpson (acting) Dem (b. 1823 - d. 1890)
1 Sep 1880 - Nov 1880 Thomas B. Jeter Dem (b. 1827 - d. 1883)
30 Nov 1880 - Dec 1882 Johnson Hagood Dem (b. 1829 - d. 1898)
Dec 1882 - 10 Jul 1886 Hugh S. Thompson Dem (b. 1836 - d. 1904)
10 Jul 1886 - 30 Nov 1886 John C. Sheppard (acting) Dem (b. 1850 - d. 1931)
30 Nov 1886 - 4 Dec 1890 John P. Richardson Dem (b. 1831 - d. 1899)
4 Dec 1890 - 4 Dec 1894 Benjamin R. Tillman Dem (b. 1847 - d. 1918)
4 Dec 1894 - 18 Jan 1897 John G. Evans Dem (b. 1863 - d. 1942)
18 Jan 1897 - 2 Jun 1899 William H. Ellerbe Dem (b. 1862 - d. 1899)
2 Jun 1899 - 20 Jan 1903 Miles B. McSweeney Dem (b. 1855 - d. 1909)
20 Jan 1903 - 15 Jan 1907 Duncan C. Heyward Dem (b. 1864 - d. 1943)
15 Jan 1907 - 17 Jan 1911 Martin F. Ansel Dem (b. 1850 - d. 1945)
17 Jan 1911 - 14 Jan 1915 Coleman L. Blease Dem (b. 1868 - d. 1942)
14 Jan 1915 - 19 Jan 1915 Charles A. Smith (acting) Dem (b. 1861 - d. 1916)
19 Jan 1915 - 21 Jan 1919 Richard I. Manning Dem (b. 1859 - d. 1931)
21 Jan 1919 - 20 May 1922 Robert A. Cooper Dem (b. 1874 - d. 1953)
20 May 1922 - 16 Jan 1923 Wilson G. Harvey Dem (b. 1866 - d. 1932)
16 Jan 1923 - 18 Jan 1927 Thomas G. McLeod Dem (b. 1868 - d. 1932)
18 Jan 1927 - 20 Jan 1931 John G. Richards Dem (b. 1864 - d. 1941)
20 Jan 1931 - 15 Jan 1935 Ibra C. Blackwood Dem (b. 1878 - d. 1956)
15 Jan 1935 - 17 Jan 1939 Olin D. Johnston (1st time) Dem (b. 1896 - d. 1965)
17 Jan 1939 - 4 Nov 1941 Burnet R. Maybank Dem (b. 1899 - d. 1954)
4 Nov 1941 - 27 Feb 1942 J.E. Harley Dem (b. 1880 - d. 1942)
2 Mar 1942 - 19 Jan 1943 R.M. Jeffries Dem (b. 1889 - d. 1964)
19 Jan 1943 - 2 Jan 1945 Olin D. Johnston (2nd time) Dem (s.a.)
2 Jan 1945 - 21 Jan 1947 R.J. Williams Dem (b. 1892 - d. 1970)
21 Jan 1947 - 16 Jan 1951 Strom Thurmond Dem (b. 1902 - d. 2003)
16 Jan 1951 - 18 Jan 1955 James F. Byrnes Dem (b. 1879 - d. 1972)
18 Jan 1955 - 20 Jan 1959 George B. Timmerman, Jr. Dem (b. 1881 - d. 1966)
20 Jan 1959 - 15 Jan 1963 Ernest F. Hollings Dem (b. 1922 - d. 2019)
15 Jan 1963 - 22 Apr 1965 Donald S. Russell Dem (b. 1906 - d. 1998)
22 Apr 1965 - 19 Jan 1971 Robert E. McNair Dem (b. 1923 - d. 2007)
19 Jan 1971 - 21 Jan 1975 John C. West Dem (b. 1922 - d. 2004)
21 Jan 1975 - 10 Jan 1979 James B. Edwards Rep (b. 1927 - d. 2014)
10 Jan 1979 - 14 Jan 1987 Richard W. Riley Dem (b. 1933)
14 Jan 1987 - 11 Jan 1995 Carroll A. Campbell, Jr. Rep (b. 1940 - d. 2005)
11 Jan 1995 - 13 Jan 1999 David M. Beasley Rep (b. 1957)
13 Jan 1999 - 15 Jan 2003 Jim Hodges Dem (b. 1956)
15 Jan 2003 - 12 Jan 2011 Mark Sanford Rep (b. 1960)
12 Jan 2011 - 24 Jan 2017 Nikki Haley (f) Rep (b. 1972)
24 Jan 2017 - Henry McMaster Rep (b. 1947)
South Dakota
2 Mar 1861 part of Dakota Territory
2 Nov 1889 state
Dakota
Governors
27 May 1861 - 2 Nov 1863 William Jayne (b. 1826 - d. 1916)
2 Nov 1863 - 5 Sep 1866 Newton Edmunds (b. 1819 - d. 1908)
5 Sep 1866 - 10 May 1869 Andrew J. Faulk (b. 1814 - d. 1898)
10 May 1869 - 1 Jan 1874 John A. Burbank (b. 1827 - d. 1905)
1 Jan 1874 - 13 Apr 1878 John L. Pennington (b. 1821 - d. 1900)
13 Apr 1878 - 24 Jun 1880 William A. Howard (b. 1813 - d. 1880)
24 Jun 1880 - 25 Jul 1884 Nehemiah G. Ordway (b. 1828 - d. 1907)
25 Jul 1884 - 17 Feb 1886 Gilbert A. Pierce (b. 1841 - d. 1901)
17 Feb 1887 - 22 Mar 1889 Louis K. Church (b. 1846 - d. 1897)
22 Mar 1889 - 2 Nov 1889 Arthur C. Mellette (b. 1842 - d. 1896)
South Dakota
Governors
8 Nov 1889 - Jan 1893 Arthur C. Mellette Rep (s.a.)
Jan 1893 - 1 Jan 1897 Charles H. Sheldon Rep (b. 1840 - d. 1898)
1 Jan 1897 - 8 Jan 1901 Andrew E. Lee Dem (b. 1847 - d. 1934)
8 Jan 1901 - 3 Jan 1905 Charles N. Herreid Rep (b. 1857 - d. 1928)
3 Jan 1905 - 8 Jan 1907 Samuel H. Elrod Rep (b. 1856 - d. 1935)
8 Jan 1907 - 5 Jan 1909 Coe I. Crawford Rep (b. 1858 - d. 1944)
5 Jan 1909 - 7 Jan 1913 Robert S. Vessey Rep (b. 1858 - d. 1929)
7 Jan 1913 - 2 Jan 1917 Frank M. Byrne Rep (b. 1858 - d. 1927)
2 Jan 1917 - 4 Jan 1921 Peter Norbeck Rep (b. 1870 - d. 1936)
4 Jan 1921 - 6 Jan 1925 William H. McMaster Rep (b. 1877 - d. 1968)
6 Jan 1925 - 4 Jan 1927 Carl Gunderson Rep (b. 1864 - d. 1933)
4 Jan 1927 - 6 Jan 1931 William J. Bulow Dem (b. 1869 - d. 1960)
6 Jan 1931 - 3 Jan 1933 Warren E. Green Rep (b. 1870 - d. 1945)
3 Jan 1933 - 5 Jan 1937 Thomas Berry Dem (b. 1879 - d. 1951)
5 Jan 1937 - 3 Jan 1939 Leslie Jensen Rep (b. 1892 - d. 1964)
3 Jan 1939 - 5 Jan 1943 Harlan J. Bushfield Rep (b. 1882 - d. 1948)
5 Jan 1943 - 7 Jan 1947 Merrell Q. Sharpe Rep (b. 1883 - d. 1962)
7 Jan 1947 - 2 Jan 1951 George T. Mickelson Rep (b. 1903 - d. 1965)
2 Jan 1951 - 4 Jan 1955 Sigurd Anderson Rep (b. 1904 - d. 1990)
4 Jan 1955 - 6 Jan 1959 Joe Foss Rep (b. 1915 - d. 2003)
6 Jan 1959 - 3 Jan 1961 Ralph Herseth Dem (b. 1909 - d. 1969)
3 Jan 1961 - 5 Jan 1965 Archie Gubbrud Rep (b. 1910 - d. 1987)
5 Jan 1965 - 7 Jan 1969 Nils A. Boe Rep (b. 1913 - d. 1992)
7 Jan 1969 - 5 Jan 1971 Frank Farrar Rep (b. 1929 - d. 2021)
5 Jan 1971 - 24 Jul 1978 Richard F. Kneip Dem (b. 1933 - d. 1987)
24 Jul 1978 - 1 Jan 1979 Harvey Wollman Dem (b. 1935 - d. 2022)
1 Jan 1979 - 6 Jan 1987 William J. Janklow (1st time) Rep (b. 1939 - d. 2012)
6 Jan 1987 - 19 Apr 1993 George S. Mickelson Rep (b. 1941 - d. 1993)
20 Apr 1993 - 7 Jan 1995 Walter Dale Miller Rep (b. 1925 - d. 2015)
7 Jan 1995 - 7 Jan 2003 William J. Janklow (2nd time) Rep (s.a.)
7 Jan 2003 - 8 Jan 2011 Mike Rounds Rep (b. 1954)
8 Jan 2011 - 5 Jan 2019 Dennis Daugaard Rep (b. 1953)
5 Jan 2019 - Kristi Noem (f) Rep (b. 1971)
Tennessee
26 May 1790 Southwest Territory (formally Territory of the United States
South of the River Ohio)
1 Jun 1796 State of Tennessee
24 Jun 1861 secession officially announced (Secession Ordinance 6 May
1861)
22 Jul 1861 accession to Confederate States of America
24 Jul 1866 readmitted to United States
Governors
10 Oct 1790 - 30 Mar 1796 William Blount (b. 1749 - d. 1800)
30 Mar 1796 - 23 Sep 1801 John Sevier (1st time) D-R (b. 1745 - d. 1815)
23 Sep 1801 - 23 Sep 1803 Archibald Roane D-R (b. 1760 - d. 1819)
23 Sep 1803 - 20 Sep 1809 John Sevier (2nd time) D-R (s.a.)
20 Sep 1809 - 27 Sep 1815 Willie Blount D-R (b. 1768 - d. 1835)
27 Sep 1815 - 1 Oct 1821 Joseph McMinn D-R (b. 1758 - d. 1854)
1 Oct 1821 - 1 Oct 1827 William Carroll (1st time) D-R (b. 1788 - d. 1844)
1 Oct 1827 - 16 Apr 1829 Sam Houston D-R (b. 1793 - d. 1863)
16 Apr 1829 - 1 Oct 1829 William Hall (acting) Dem (b. 1775 - d. 1856)
1 Oct 1829 - 12 Oct 1835 William Carroll (2nd time) Dem (s.a.)
12 Oct 1835 - 14 Oct 1839 Newton Cannon Dem (b. 1781 - d. 1841)
14 Oct 1839 - 15 Oct 1841 James K. Polk Dem (b. 1795 - d. 1849)
15 Oct 1841 - 14 Oct 1845 James C. Jones Whg (b. 1809 - d. 1859)
14 Oct 1845 - 17 Oct 1847 Aaron V. Brown Dem (b. 1795 - d. 1859)
17 Oct 1847 - 16 Oct 1849 Neill S. Brown Whg (b. 1810 - d. 1886)
16 Oct 1849 - 16 Oct 1851 William Trousdale Dem (b. 1790 - d. 1872)
16 Oct 1851 - 17 Oct 1853 William B. Campbell Whg (b. 1807 - d. 1867)
17 Oct 1853 - 3 Nov 1857 Andrew Johnson (1st time) Dem (b. 1808 - d. 1875)
3 Nov 1857 - 12 Mar 1862 Isham G. Harris Dem (b. 1818 - d. 1897)
12 Mar 1862 - 4 Mar 1865 Andrew Johnson (2nd time) (s.a.)
(military governor)
4 Mar 1865 - 5 Apr 1865 Edward H. East (acting) (b. 1830 - d. 1904)
5 Apr 1865 - 25 Feb 1869 William G. Brownlow Rep (b. 1805 - d. 1877)
25 Feb 1869 - 10 Oct 1871 DeWitt C. Senter Rep (b. 1830 - d. 1898)
10 Oct 1871 - 18 Jan 1875 John C. Brown Dem (b. 1827 - d. 1889)
18 Jan 1875 - 16 Feb 1879 James D. Porter Dem (b. 1828 - d. 1912)
16 Feb 1879 - 17 Jan 1881 Albert S. Marks Dem (b. 1836 - d. 1891)
17 Jan 1881 - 15 Jan 1883 Alvin Hawkins Rep (b. 1821 - d. 1905)
15 Jan 1883 - 17 Jan 1887 William B. Bate Dem (b. 1826 - d. 1905)
17 Jan 1887 - 19 Jan 1891 Robert L. Taylor (1st time) Dem (b. 1850 - d. 1912)
19 Jan 1891 - 16 Jan 1893 John P. Buchanan Dem (b. 1847 - d. 1930)
16 Jan 1893 - 21 Jan 1897 Peter Turney Dem (b. 1827 - d. 1903)
21 Jan 1897 - 16 Jan 1899 Robert L. Taylor (2nd time) Dem (s.a.)
16 Jan 1899 - 19 Jan 1903 Benton McMillin Dem (b. 1845 - d. 1933)
19 Jan 1903 - 21 Mar 1905 James B. Frazier Dem (b. 1856 - d. 1937)
21 Mar 1905 - 17 Jan 1907 John I. Cox Dem (b. 1855 - d. 1946)
17 Jan 1907 - 26 Jan 1911 Malcolm R. Patterson Dem (b. 1861 - d. 1935)
26 Jan 1911 - 17 Jan 1915 Ben W. Hooper Rep (b. 1870 - d. 1957)
17 Jan 1915 - 15 Jan 1919 Thomas C. Rye Dem (b. 1863 - d. 1953)
15 Jan 1919 - 15 Jan 1921 Albert H. Roberts Dem (b. 1868 - d. 1946)
15 Jan 1921 - 16 Jan 1923 Alfred A. Taylor Rep (b. 1848 - d. 1931)
16 Jan 1923 - 2 Oct 1927 Austin Peay Dem (b. 1876 - d. 1927)
3 Oct 1927 - 17 Jan 1933 Henry H. Horton Dem (b. 1866 - d. 1934)
17 Jan 1933 - 15 Jan 1937 Hill McAlister Dem (b. 1875 - d. 1959)
15 Jan 1937 - 16 Jan 1939 Gordon Browning (1st time) Dem (b. 1889 - d. 1976)
16 Jan 1939 - 16 Jan 1945 Prentice Cooper Dem (b. 1895 - d. 1969)
16 Jan 1945 - 17 Jan 1949 Jim Nance McCord Dem (b. 1879 - d. 1968)
17 Jan 1949 - 15 Jan 1953 Gordon Browning (2nd time) Dem (s.a.)
15 Jan 1953 - 19 Jan 1959 Frank G. Clement (1st time) Dem (b. 1920 - d. 1969)
19 Jan 1959 - 15 Jan 1963 Buford Ellington (1st time) Dem (b. 1907 - d. 1972)
15 Jan 1963 - 16 Jan 1967 Frank G. Clement (2nd time) Dem (s.a.)
16 Jan 1967 - 16 Jan 1971 Buford Ellington (2nd time) Dem (s.a.)
16 Jan 1971 - 18 Jan 1975 Winfield Dunn Rep (b. 1927)
18 Jan 1975 - 17 Jan 1979 Ray Blanton Dem (b. 1930 - d. 1996)
17 Jan 1979 - 17 Jan 1987 Lamar Alexander Rep (b. 1940)
17 Jan 1987 - 21 Jan 1995 Ned Ray McWherter Dem (b. 1930 - d. 2011)
21 Jan 1995 - 18 Jan 2003 Don Sundquist Rep (b. 1936)
18 Jan 2003 - 15 Jan 2011 Phil Bredesen Dem (b. 1943)
15 Jan 2011 - 19 Jan 2019 Bill Haslam Rep (b. 1958)
19 Jan 2019 - Bill Lee Rep (b. 1959)
Franklin
14 Dec 1784 State of Franklin (not recognized by U.S.)
1 Mar 1788 reincorporated into North Carolina
2 Apr 1790 part of Southwest Territory/Tennessee
Governor
1 Mar 1785 - 1 Mar 1788 John Sevier (b. 1745 - d. 1815)
Texas
1682 Spanish rule
1691 Province of Coahuila and Texas
c.1726 Coahuila and Texas separated
1822 Mexican province
1824 Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas
15 Nov 1835 Texas ruled by Provisional Government
2 Mar 1836 Republic of Texas
19 Feb 1846 State of Texas
4 Mar 1861 secession declared
5 Mar 1861 accession decision of 2 Mar 1861 by Confederate States
of America accepted by Texas (CSA constitution ratified
23 Mar 1861)
30 Mar 1870 readmitted to United States
Governors
23 Jan 1691 - 1692 Domingo Terán de los Ríos
1692 - 26 Dec 1697 Gregorio de Salinas Varona (b. c.1650 - d. af.1720)
1698 - 1702 Francisco Cuerbo y Valdez
1703 - 1705 Mathías de Aguirre
1705 - 1708 Martín de Alarcón (1st time)
1708 - 1712 Simon Padilla y Córdova
1712 - 1714 Pedro Fermín de Echevers y Subisa
1714 - 1716 Juan Váldez
9 Dec 1716 - 1719 Martín de Alarcón (2nd time)
21 Oct 1719 - 13 Jun 1722 José de Azlor y Virto de Vera,
marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo (b. 16... - d. 1734)
1722 - 1727 Fernando Pérez de Almazán
1727 - 1731 Melchor de Media Villa y Azcona
1731 - 1734 Juan Antonio Bustillos y Ceballos
1734 - 1736 Manuel de Sandoval
26 Sep 1736 - Sep 1737 Carlos Benites Franquis de Lugo (b. 1691 - d. 17...)
1737 - 1738 José Antonio Fernández de Jáuregui
Urrutia
1738 - 1741 Prudencio de Orobio y Basterra
1741 - 1743 Tomás Felipe de Winthuisen
17 Dec 1743 - Sep 1744 Justo Boneo y Morales (b. ... - d. 1744)
Sep 1744 - 1748 Francisco García Larios
3 Jun 1748 - 1750 Pedro del Barrio Junco y Espriella
1751 - 1759 Jacinto de Barrios y Jáuregui
6 Feb 1759 - 28 Aug 1767 Ángel de Martos y Navarrete
28 Aug 1767 - 1770 Hugo Oconór (b. 1732 - d. 1779)
4 Feb 1770 - 1778 Juan María Vicencio, barón de
Ripperdá (b. ... - d. 1780)
29 Oct 1778 - 3 Dec 1786 Domingo Cabello y Robles (b. c.1725 - d. ...)
5 Dec 1786 - 1788 Rafael Martínez Pacheco (1st time)
1789 - 18 Oct 1790 Rafael Martínez Pacheco (2nd time)
1790 - 27 Jul 1799 Manuel Muñoz (b. c.1730 - d. 1799)
27 Jul 1799 - 5 Oct 1805 Juan Bautista Elguézabal (b. 1741 - d. 1805)
1805 - 7 Nov 1808 Manuel Antonio Cordero y
Bustamante (b. 1753 - d. 1823)
1808 - 5 Apr 1813 Manuel María de Salcedo (b. 17... - d. 1813)
22 Jan 1811 - 2 Mar 1811 Juan Bautista Casas (b. 17... - d. 1811)
(in rebellion)
1813 - Oct 1814 Cristóbal Domínguez (b. 17... - d. 1814)
1814 - 1815 Benito de Armiñán
1815 - 1816 Mariano Varela
27 Jul 1816 - 20 Mar 1817 Juan Ignacio Pérez (b. 1761 - d. 1823)
20 Mar 1817 - 27 May 1817 Manuel Pardo (b. 1774 - d. 18...)
27 May 1817 - 17 Aug 1822 Antonio María Martínez (b. 17... - d. 1823)
17 Aug 1822 - 17 Apr 1823 José Félix Trespalacios (b. 17... - d. 1835)
8 Jul 1823 - 12 Oct 1823 Luciano García
15 Aug 1824 - 15 Mar 1826 Rafael Gonzales (b. 1789 - d. 1857)
30 May 1826 - 27 Jan 1827 Víctor Blanco
4 Jul 1827 - 4 Apr 1831 José María Viesca
5 Apr 1831 - 18 Sep 1832 José María Letona (b. 1799 - d. 1832)
18 Sep 1832 - 1833 Juan Martín de Veramendi (b. 1778 - d. 1833)
1833 - 1834 Juan José de Vidauri y Villaseñor
30 Aug 1834 - 12 Mar 1835 Juan José Elguézabal (b. 1781 - d. 1840)
1835 José María Cantu
14 Apr 1835 - 1835 Agustín M. Viesca
1835 Marciel Borrego
28 Jun 1835 - 1835 Ramón Musquiz (b. c.1797 - d. 18...)
15 Nov 1835 - 11 Jan 1836 Henry Smith (b. 1788 - d. 1851)
11 Jan 1836 - 1 Mar 1836 James W. Robinson (acting) (b. 1790 - d. 1857)
President of the Convention
2 Mar 1836 - 17 Mar 1836 Richard Ellis (b. 1781 - d. 1846)
President of the ad-interim Government
17 Mar 1836 - 22 Oct 1836 David G. Burnet (b. 1788 - d. 1870)
Presidents
22 Oct 1836 - 10 Dec 1838 Sam Houston (1st time) (b. 1793 - d. 1863)
10 Dec 1838 - 13 Dec 1841 Mirabeau B. Lamar (b. 1798 - d. 1859)
13 Dec 1841 - 9 Dec 1844 Sam Houston (2nd time) (s.a.)
9 Dec 1844 - 19 Feb 1846 Anson Jones (b. 1798 - d. 1858)
Governors
19 Feb 1846 - 21 Dec 1847 Pinckney Henderson Dem (b. 1808 - d. 1858)
21 Dec 1847 - 21 Dec 1849 George T. Wood Dem (b. 1795 - d. 1858)
21 Dec 1849 - 23 Nov 1853 Peter H. Bell Dem (b. 1810 - d. 1898)
23 Nov 1853 - 21 Dec 1853 James W. Henderson (acting) Dem (b. 1817 - d. 1880)
21 Dec 1853 - 21 Dec 1857 Elisha M. Pease (1st time) Dem (b. 1812 - d. 1883)
21 Dec 1857 - 21 Dec 1859 Hardin R. Runnels Dem (b. 1820 - d. 1873)
21 Dec 1859 - 16 Mar 1861 Sam Houston Uni (s.a.)
16 Mar 1861 - 7 Nov 1861 Edward Clark (acting) Dem (b. 1815 - d. 1880)
7 Nov 1861 - 5 Nov 1863 Francis R. Lubbock Dem (b. 1815 - d. 1905)
5 Nov 1863 - 17 Jun 1865 Pendleton Murrah Dem (b. 1824 - d. 1865)
17 Jun 1865 - 9 Aug 1866 Andrew J. Hamilton Con (b. 1815 - d. 1875)
9 Aug 1866 - 8 Aug 1867 James W. Throckmorton Con (b. 1825 - d. 1894)
8 Aug 1867 - 30 Sep 1869 Elisha M. Pease (2nd time) Rep (s.a.)
8 Jan 1870 - 15 Jan 1874 Edmund J. Davis Rep (b. 1827 - d. 1883)
15 Jan 1874 - 1 Dec 1876 Richard Coke Dem (b. 1829 - d. 1897)
1 Dec 1876 - 21 Jan 1879 Richard B. Hubbard Dem (b. 1832 - d. 1901)
21 Jan 1879 - 16 Jan 1883 Oran M. Roberts Dem (b. 1815 - d. 1898)
16 Jan 1883 - 18 Jan 1887 John Ireland Dem (b. 1827 - d. 1896)
18 Jan 1887 - 20 Jan 1891 Lawrence S. Ross Dem (b. 1838 - d. 1898)
20 Jan 1891 - 15 Jan 1895 James S. Hogg Dem (b. 1851 - d. 1906)
15 Jan 1895 - 17 Jan 1899 Charles A. Culberson Dem (b. 1855 - d. 1925)
17 Jan 1899 - 20 Jan 1903 Joseph D. Sayers Dem (b. 1841 - d. 1929)
20 Jan 1903 - 15 Jan 1907 S.W.T. Lanham Dem (b. 1846 - d. 1908)
15 Jan 1907 - 17 Jan 1911 Thomas M. Campbell Dem (b. 1857 - d. 1923)
17 Jan 1911 - 19 Jan 1915 Oscar B. Colquitt Dem (b. 1861 - d. 1940)
19 Jan 1915 - 25 Aug 1917 James E. Ferguson Dem (b. 1871 - d. 1944)
25 Aug 1917 - 18 Jan 1921 William P. Hobby Dem (b. 1878 - d. 1964)
18 Jan 1921 - 20 Jan 1925 Pat M. Neff Dem (b. 1871 - d. 1952)
20 Jan 1925 - 17 Jan 1927 Miriam A. Ferguson (f)
(1st time) Dem (b. 1875 - d. 1961)
17 Jan 1927 - 20 Jan 1931 Dan Moody Dem (b. 1893 - d. 1966)
20 Jan 1931 - 17 Jan 1933 Ross Sterling Dem (b. 1875 - d. 1949)
17 Jan 1933 - 15 Jan 1935 Miriam A. Ferguson (f)
(2nd time) Dem (s.a.)
15 Jan 1935 - 17 Jan 1939 James V Allred Dem (b. 1899 - d. 1959)
17 Jan 1939 - 4 Aug 1941 W. Lee O'Daniel Dem (b. 1890 - d. 1969)
4 Aug 1941 - 21 Jan 1947 Coke R. Stevenson Dem (b. 1888 - d. 1975)
21 Jan 1947 - 11 Jul 1949 Beauford H. Jester Dem (b. 1893 - d. 1949)
11 Jul 1949 - 15 Jan 1957 Allan Shivers Dem (b. 1907 - d. 1985)
15 Jan 1957 - 15 Jan 1963 Price Daniel Dem (b. 1910 - d. 1988)
15 Jan 1963 - 21 Jan 1969 John B. Connally Dem (b. 1917 - d. 1993)
21 Jan 1969 - 16 Jan 1973 Preston Smith Dem (b. 1912 - d. 2003)
16 Jan 1973 - 16 Jan 1979 Dolph Briscoe Dem (b. 1923 - d. 2010)
16 Jan 1979 - 18 Jan 1983 William Clements (1st time) Rep (b. 1917 - d. 2011)
18 Jan 1983 - 20 Jan 1987 Mark White Dem (b. 1940 - d. 2017)
20 Jan 1987 - 15 Jan 1991 William Clements (2nd time) Rep (s.a.)
15 Jan 1991 - 17 Jan 1995 Ann Richards (f) Dem (b. 1933 - d. 2006)
17 Jan 1995 - 21 Dec 2000 George W. Bush Rep (b. 1946)
21 Dec 2000 - 20 Jan 2015 Rick Perry Rep (b. 1950)
20 Jan 2015 - Greg Abbott Rep (b. 1957)
Utah
5 Mar 1849 - 4 Apr 1851 State of Deseret (not recognized by federal government)
9 Sep 1850 Utah Territory
4 Jan 1896 state
Governors
Mar 1849 - 11 Jul 1857 Brigham Young (b. 1801 - d. 1877)
11 Apr 1858 - May 1861 Alfred Cumming (b. 1802 - d. 1873)
May 1861 - 15 Jul 1861 Francis H. Wooten (acting)
15 Jul 1861 - 10 Dec 1861 Frank Fuller (1st time) (acting)
10 Dec 1861 - 31 Dec 1861 John W. Dawson (b. 1820 - d. 1877)
31 Dec 1861 - 14 Aug 1862 Frank Fuller (2nd time) (acting)
14 Aug 1862 - 18 Jun 1863 Stephen S. Harding (b. 1808 - d. 1891)
18 Jun 1863 - 13 Jun 1865 James D. Doty (b. 1799 - d. 1865)
13 Jun 1865 - 3 Oct 1865 Amos Reed (acting)
3 Oct 1865 - 21 Dec 1869 Charles Durkee (b. 1805 - d. 1870)
21 Dec 1869 - Jan 1870 Edwin Higgins (acting)
Jan 1870 - 29 Mar 1870 Stephen A. Mann (acting)
29 Mar 1870 - 31 Oct 1870 J. Wilson Shaffer (b. 1827 - d. 1870)
1 Nov 1870 - 19 Feb 1871 Vernon H. Vaughan (b. 1838 - d. 1878)
19 Feb 1871 - 10 Mar 1871 George A. Black (acting)
10 Mar 1871 - 2 Feb 1875 George L. Woods (b. 1832 - d. 1890)
2 Feb 1875 - 15 Jun 1875 Samuel B. Axtell (b. 1819 - d. 1891)
15 Jun 1875 - 1 Mar 1880 George W. Emery (b. 1830 - d. 1909)
1 Mar 1880 - 21 Apr 1886 Eli H. Murray (b. 1843 - d. 1896)
21 Apr 1886 - 6 May 1889 Caleb W. West (1st time) (b. 1844 - d. 1909)
6 May 1889 - 14 Apr 1893 Arthur L. Thomas (b. 1851 - d. 1924)
14 Apr 1893 - 4 Jan 1896 Caleb W. West (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Jan 1896 - 2 Jan 1905 Heber M. Wells Rep (b. 1859 - d. 1938)
2 Jan 1905 - 4 Jan 1909 John C. Cutler Rep (b. 1846 - d. 1928)
4 Jan 1909 - 1 Jan 1917 William Spry Rep (b. 1864 - d. 1929)
1 Jan 1917 - 3 Jan 1921 Simon Bamberger Dem (b. 1847 - d. 1926)
3 Jan 1921 - 5 Jan 1925 Charles R. Mabey Rep (b. 1877 - d. 1959)
5 Jan 1925 - 2 Jan 1933 George H. Dern Dem (b. 1872 - d. 1936)
2 Jan 1933 - 6 Jan 1941 Henry H. Blood Dem (b. 1872 - d. 1942)
6 Jan 1941 - 3 Jan 1949 Herbert B. Maw Dem (b. 1893 - d. 1990)
3 Jan 1949 - 7 Jan 1957 J. Bracken Lee Rep (b. 1899 - d. 1996)
7 Jan 1957 - 4 Jan 1965 George D. Clyde Rep (b. 1898 - d. 1972)
4 Jan 1965 - 3 Jan 1977 Calvin L. Rampton Dem (b. 1913 - d. 2007)
3 Jan 1977 - 7 Jan 1985 Scott M. Matheson Dem (b. 1929 - d. 1990)
7 Jan 1985 - 4 Jan 1993 Norman H. Bangerter Rep (b. 1933 - d. 2015)
4 Jan 1993 - 5 Nov 2003 Mike Leavitt Rep (b. 1951)
5 Nov 2003 - 3 Jan 2005 Olene Walker (f) Rep (b. 1930 - d. 2015)
3 Jan 2005 - 11 Aug 2009 Jon Huntsman, Jr. Rep (b. 1960)
11 Aug 2009 - 4 Jan 2021 Gary Herbert Rep (b. 1947)
4 Jan 2021 - Spencer Cox Rep (b. 1975)