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Reply #13: Sorry to be so long in getting back, neighbors came over to visit.
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texanwitch
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Sat Jan-07-06 08:22 PM
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13. Sorry to be so long in getting back, neighbors came over to visit. |
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I forgot about old Bill, he was a sorry ass. I wasn't living in Texas for awhile back then, I was in the military and the working out of state.
I have been doing some checking aand this is the list of Texas Governors, notice how many are Democrats.
Governors of Texas # Name Took Office Left Office Party Texas County Named After 1 James Pinckney Henderson 19 February 1846 21 December 1847 Democrat Henderson County 2 George T. Wood 21 December 1847 21 December 1849 Democrat Wood County 3 Peter Hansborough Bell 21 December 1849 23 November 1853 Democrat Bell County 4 J. W. Henderson 23 November 1853 21 December 1853 Democrat 5 Elisha M. Pease 21 December 1853 21 December 1857 Unionist 6 Hardin R. Runnels 21 December 1857 21 December 1859 Democrat 7 Sam Houston 21 December 1859 16 March 1861 Democrat Houston County 8 Edward Clark 16 March 1861 7 November 1861 Democrat 9 Francis R. Lubbock 7 November 1861 5 November 1863 Democrat Lubbock County(partially) 10 Pendleton Murrah 5 November 1863 June 1865 Democrat 10 Fletcher Stockdale June 1865 19 June 1865 Democrat 11 Andrew J. Hamilton 19 June 1865 9 August 1866 Democrat 12 James W. Throckmorton 9 August 1866 8 August 1867 Democrat 13 Elisha M. Pease 8 August 1867 30 September 1869 Republican 14 Edmund J. Davis 8 January 1870 15 January 1874 Republican 15 Richard Coke 15 January 1874 1 December 1876 Democrat Coke County 16 Richard B. Hubbard 1 December 1876 21 January 1879 Democrat 17 Oran M. Roberts 21 January 1879 16 January 1883 Democrat Roberts County (partially) 18 John Ireland 16 January 1883 18 January 1887 Democrat 19 Lawrence Sullivan Ross 18 January 1887 20 January 1891 Democrat 20 James Stephen Hogg 20 January 1891 15 January 1895 Democrat Jim Hogg County 21 Charles A. Culberson 15 January 1895 17 January 1899 Democrat 22 Joseph D. Sayers 17 January 1899 20 January 1903 Democrat 23 S.W.T. Lanham 20 January 1903 15 January 1907 Democrat 24 Thomas Mitchell Campbell 15 January 1907 17 January 1911 Democrat 25 Oscar Branch Colquitt 17 January 1911 19 January 1915 Democrat 26 James E. Ferguson 19 January 1915 25 August 1917 Democrat 27 William Pettus Hobby Sr. 25 August 1917 18 January 1921 Democrat 28 Pat Morris Neff 18 January 1921 20 January 1925 Democrat 29 Miriam A. Ferguson 20 January 1925 17 January 1927 Democrat 30 Dan Moody 17 January 1927 20 January 1931 Democrat 31 Ross S. Sterling 20 January 1931 17 January 1933 Democrat 32 Miriam A. Ferguson 17 January 1933 15 January 1935 Democrat 33 James V. Allred 15 January 1935 17 January 1939 Democrat 34 W. Lee O'Daniel 17 January 1939 4 August 1941 Democrat 35 Coke R. Stevenson 4 August 1941 21 January 1947 Democrat 36 Beauford H. Jester 21 January 1947 11 July 1949 Democrat 37 Allan Shivers 11 July 1949 15 January 1957 Democrat 38 Price Daniel 15 January 1957 15 January 1963 Democrat 39 John B. Connally Jr. 15 January 1963 21 January 1969 Democrat 40 Preston Smith 21 January 1969 16 January 1973 Democrat 41 Dolph Briscoe 16 January 1973 16 January 1979 Democrat 42 William P. Clements 16 January 1979 18 January 1983 Republican 43 Mark White 18 January 1983 20 January 1987 Democrat 44 William P. Clements 20 January 1987 15 January 1991 Republican 45 Ann Richards 15 January 1991 17 January 1995 Democrat 46 George W. Bush 17 January 1995 21 December 2000 Republican 47 J. Richard Perry 21 December 2000 present Republican
I do wonder how many were really Republicans hiding as Democrats.
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