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Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General Comptroller Treasurer Land Comm. State Senate State House U.S. Senator (Class I) U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. House; 1846 J. Pinckney Henderson (D) Albert Clinton Horton (D) Volney Howard (D) James B. Shaw (D) James H. Raymond (D) Thomas W. Ward (D) D maj. D maj. Thomas Jefferson Rusk (D) Sam ...
The governor is inaugurated on the third Tuesday of January every four years along with the lieutenant governor, and serves a term of four years. Prior to the present laws, in 1845, the state's first constitution established the office of governor, serving a term of two years, but no more than four years of every six. [ 5 ]
A party-list system is a type of electoral system that formally involves political parties in the electoral process, usually to facilitate multi-winner elections. In party-list systems, parties put forward a list of candidates , the party-list who stand for election on one ticket .
Dorothy Ann Richards (née Willis; September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
As governor, Bush successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform, increased education funding, set higher standards for schools, and reformed the criminal justice system. Bush also pioneered faith-based welfare programs and helped make Texas the leading producer of wind powered electricity in the U.S.
John Bowden Connally Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas (1963–1969) and as the 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (1971–1972).
Abbott was sworn in as governor of Texas on January 20, 2015, succeeding Rick Perry. [90] [91] He is the first governor of Texas and the third elected governor of a U.S. state to use a wheelchair, after Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York (1929–1932) and George Wallace of Alabama (1963–1967, 1971–1979; 1983–1987). [92] [93] [94]
George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. Rick Perry , 47th governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015. Ted Cruz , United States senator from Texas since 2013.