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William Pettus Hobby Jr. (born January 19, 1932) [1] is an American Democratic politician who served a record eighteen years as the 37th lieutenant governor of Texas.He held that office from January 16, 1973, to January 15, 1991, for an unprecedented five terms; he was the last lieutenant governor to serve a two-year term and the first elected to a four-year term when the Texas Constitution ...
His son William P. Hobby Jr. also served as lieutenant governor of Texas from 1973 to 1991. His daughter, Jessica, was married to Henry E. Catto Jr., who became the Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St James's. His grandson, Paul Hobby, narrowly lost the election for comptroller of Texas in the 1998 general election.
The incumbent, William P. Hobby Jr. ran for re-election to his third term, he was elected against Republican, Gaylord Marshall, whom he had beaten four years earlier. Hobby won the election with 65% of the vote to Marshall's 34%, and was sworn in on January 15, 1979, alongside Texas' first Republican governor since Reconstruction , Bill ...
The William P. Hobby, Jr. State Office Building - formerly known as Republic Plaza - is a three-building government office complex located in the Warehouse District of Downtown Austin, Texas, United States.
The Incumbent, William P. Hobby Jr. ran for re-election to his fifth and final term, he was elected against Republican and former minister, David Davidson. [2] During the campaign Davidson attacked Hobby's support of the tax increases passed by the Legislature in 1984, Hobby countered that the taxes supported services that helped citizens of ...
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The Incumbent, William P. Hobby Jr. ran for re-election to his fourth term, he was elected against Republican and former Secretary of State of Texas, George Strake Jr. [3] During the campaign Strake ran a weekly series of newspaper ads called "Strake Talk" in which he would discuss current issues with the readers and hoped to generate public ...
William Harding Mayes: 26 James E. Ferguson (1871–1944) [95] [96] January 19, 1915 [97] – September 22, 1917 (impeached and removed) [j] Democratic [18] 1914: William P. Hobby: 1916: 27 William P. Hobby (1878–1964) [99] [100] September 22, 1917 [k] – January 18, 1921 (did not run) [99] Democratic [18] Succeeded from lieutenant governor ...