The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Texas: Governor Lieutenant Governor Attorney General (since 1850) State Comptroller of Public Accounts State Land Commissioner (since 1850) State Agriculture Commissioner Treasurer (before 1996)
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Legislature State Senate State House of Representatives State Railroad Commission State delegation to the U.S. Senate State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
1846–1890
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoral votesGovernorLieutenantGovernorAttorneyGeneralComptrollerTreasurerLand Comm.State SenateState HouseU.S. Senator(Class I)U.S. Senator(Class II)U.S.House1846J. Pinckney Henderson Albert Clinton Horton John Woods Harris James B. Shaw James H. Raymond Thomas W. Ward D maj.D maj.Thomas Jefferson Rusk Sam Houston 2D18471848George Tyler Wood John Alexander Greer D maj.D maj. Cass/Butler George W. Smyth 1849Henry Percy Brewster 1850Peter Hansborough Bell D maj.D maj.Andrew Jackson Hamilton 1851Ebenezer Allen 1852James W. Henderson Stephen Crosby D maj.D maj.Pierce/King 1853James W. Henderson vacant1854Elisha M. Pease David C. Dickson Thomas J. Jennings D maj.D maj.18551D, 1KN1856Hardin Richard Runnels James Willie Stephen Crosby 20D, 9KN, 4?60D, 30KNBuchanan/Breckinridge 18572D1858Hardin Richard Runnels Francis Lubbock Malcolm D. Graham Francis M. White 27D, 6KN81D, 9KNJ. Pinckney Henderson 1859Cyrus H. Randolph Matthias Ward John Hemphill 1860Sam Houston Edward Clark George M. Flournoy Clement R. Johns D maj.D maj.Louis Wigfall Breckinridge/Lane 1861Edward Clark vacantExpelled following Texas's secession from the U.S.1862Francis Lubbock John McClannahan Crockett Nathan G. Shelley Stephen Crosby D maj.D maj.American Civil War/no delegations seated18631864Pendleton Murrah Fletcher Stockdale Benjamin E. Tarver Willis L. Robards D maj.D maj.no electors counted1865Fletcher Stockdale vacantAndrew Jackson Hamilton William Alexander Samuel Harris Reconstruction/no delegations seated1866James W. Throckmorton George Washington Jones William M. Walton Albert H. Latimer W. M. Royston Francis M. White D maj.D maj.1867William Alexander Willis L. Robards Stephen Crosby Military governmentElisha M. Pease vacantJohn T. Allan Ezekiel B. Turner Morgan C. Hamilton Joseph Spence 18681869Albert A. Bledsoe George W. Honey 1870Edmund J. Davis J. W. Flanagan William Alexander Jacob Kuechler 19R, 9D, 2I54R, 36DDonald Campbell J. W. Flanagan Morgan C. Hamilton 3R, 1D1871Webster Flanagan 18R, 10D, 2I3D, 1R1872Albert Jennings Fountain 4DHendricks/Brown 1873E. B. Pickett B. Graham 15D, 13R, 2I74D, 16RMorgan C. Hamilton 6D1874Richard Coke Richard B. Hubbard George Clark Stephen Heard Darden Andrew Jackson Dorn J. J. Gross 26D, 3R, 1I79D, 11R187525D, 3R, 2ISamuel B. Maxey Morgan C. Hamilton 1876Hannibal Boone 27D, 3R, 1I81D, 6R, 6ITilden/Hendricks 1877Richard B. Hubbard vacantRichard Coke 1878William C. Walsh 1879Oran Milo Roberts Joseph D. Sayers George McCormick Francis Lubbock 26D, 4R, 1G74D, 10G, 9R5D, 1GB1880William M. Brown 28D, 2R, 1GHancock/English 1881Leonidas J. Storey James H. McLeary 29D, 1R, 1G82D, 8R, 3G18821883John Ireland Francis Marion Martin John D. Templeton William Jesse Swain 30D, 1I96D, 7I, 3R10D, 1I1884Cleveland/Hendricks 1885Barnett Gibbs 30D, 1R103D, 3R11D18861887Lawrence Sullivan Ross Thomas B. Wheeler Jim Hogg John D. McCall R. M. Hall 103D, 5R, 1PopJohn H. Reagan 1888Cleveland/Thurman 188931D102D, 3R, 1I1890
1891–1998
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureR. R.Comm.United States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLieutenantGovernorAttorneyGeneralComptrollerTreasurerLand Comm.Ag. Comm.SenateHouseU.S. Senator(Class I)U.S. Senator(Class II)U.S.House1891Jim Hogg George C. Pendleton Charles A. Culberson John D. McCall William B. Wortham William L. McGaughey Lafayette L. Foster 31D104D, 2R3DHorace Chilton Richard Coke 11D1892no such officeRoger Q. Mills Cleveland/Stevenson 1893Martin McNulty Crane 30D, 1Pop119D, 8Pop, 1R13D18941895Charles A. Culberson George Taylor Jester Martin McNulty Crane Richard W. Finley Andrew Jackson Baker 29D, 2Pop101D, 22Pop, 4R, 1IHorace Chilton 12D, 1R1896Bryan/Sewall 189728D, 2Pop, 1R120D, 6Pop, 2R1898Thomas Slater Smith 1899Joseph D. Sayers James Browning John W. Robbins Charles Rogan 30D, 1R118D, 9Pop, 1RCharles A. Culberson 1900Bryan/Stevenson 1901Charles K. Bell Robert M. Love 31D126D, 1Pop, 1IRJoseph W. Bailey 13D19021903S. W. T. Lanham George D. Neal J. W. Stephen John J. Terrell 130D, 1R, 1Pop, 1IR16D1904Robert V. Davidson Parker/Davis 1905131D, 2R19061907Thomas Mitchell Campbell Asbury Bascom Davidson Sam Sparks Robert Teague Milner 132D, 1R1908Edward R. Kone Bryan/Kern 1909James T. Robison 30D, 1R131D, 2R1910Jewel P. Lightfoot 1911Oscar Branch Colquitt W. P. Lane 131D, 1R1912J. M. Edwards Wilson/Marshall James D. Walthall 1913William Harding Mayes B. F. Looney 141D, 1RRienzi M. Johnston 18DMorris Sheppard 19141915James E. Ferguson William P. Hobby Henry B. Terrell Fred Davis 31D140D, 1R, 1I19161917William P. Hobby vacant142D19181919W. A. Johnson Calvin Maples Cureton John W. Baker 141D, 1R1920M. L. Wiginton George B. Terrell Cox/Roosevelt 1921Pat Morris Neff Lynch Davidson Lon A. Smith Charles Vernon Terrell 30D, 1R137D, 4A, 1R17D, 1R1922Walter Angus Keeling 1923Thomas W. Davidson 149D, 1REarle B. Mayfield 1924Sidney Lee Staples Davis/Bryan 1925Miriam A. Ferguson Barry Miller Dan Moody Sam Houston Terrell W. Gregory Hatcher 19261927Dan Moody Claude Pollard 1928Hoover/Curtis 192931DTom Connally 18DRobert L. Bobbitt J. H. Walker 193017D, 1R1931Ross S. Sterling Edgar E. Witt James Allred George H. Sheppard Charley Lockhart James E. McDonald 150D193218DRoosevelt/Garner 1933Miriam A. Ferguson 148D, 2I21D19341935James Allred Walter Frank Woodul William McCraw 149D, 1I19361937William H. McDonald 19381939W. Lee O'Daniel Coke R. Stevenson Gerald Mann Bascom Giles 150D1940Roosevelt/Wallace 1941Jesse James A. J. Houston Coke R. Stevenson vacantW. Lee O'Daniel 19421943John Lee Smith 1944Grover Sellers Roosevelt/Truman 194519461947Beauford H. Jester Allan Shivers Price Daniel 1948Truman/Barkley 1949Allan Shivers vacantRobert S. Calvert Lyndon B. Johnson 195020D, 1R1951Ben Ramsey John Coyle White 149D, 1R21D1952Eisenhower/Nixon 1953John Ben Shepperd 150DPrice Daniel 22D19541955James Earl Rudder 21D, 1R19561957Price Daniel Will Wilson William A. Blakley Ralph Yarborough 1958Bill Allcorn 1959149D, 1I 1960Kennedy/Johnson 1961Jerry Sadler 150DWilliam A. Blakley John Tower 1962148D, 2R1963John Connally Preston Smith Waggoner Carr 140D, 10R21D, 2R1964Johnson/Humphrey 1965149D, 1R23D19661967Crawford Martin 30D, 1R143D, 7R21D, 2R196829D, 2R20D, 3RHumphrey/Muskie 1969Preston Smith Ben Barnes 141D, 8R, 1I19701971Bob Armstrong 140D, 10RLloyd Bentsen 1972Nixon/Agnew 1973Dolph Briscoe William P. Hobby Jr. John Hill 28D, 3R133D, 17R20D, 4R19741975Bob Bullock 134D, 16R21D, 3R1976133D, 17R20D, 4RCarter/Mondale 1977Warren G. Harding Reagan V. Brown 132D, 18R22D, 2R197827D, 4R131D, 19R1979Bill Clements Mark White 127D, 23R20D, 4R1980Reagan/Bush 198124D, 7R113D, 37R19D, 5R19821983Mark White Jim Mattox Ann Richards Garry Mauro Jim Hightower 26D, 5R21D, 6R1984198525D, 6R95D, 55RPhil Gramm 17D, 10R19861987Bill Clements 94D, 56R1988Bush/Quayle 198923D, 8R91D, 59R19D, 8R19901991Ann Richards Bob Bullock Dan Morales John Sharp Kay Bailey Hutchison Rick Perry 22D, 9R93D, 57R199292D, 58RBush/Quayle 199318D, 13R2D, 1RBob Krueger 21D, 9RMartha Whitehead Kay Bailey Hutchison 199491D, 59R1995George W. Bush 17D, 14R89D, 61R3R19D, 11R199687D, 63R18D, 12RDole/Kemp 1997office abolished17R, 14D82D, 68R17D, 13R1998
1999–present
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureR. R.Comm.United States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLieutenantGovernorAttorneyGeneralComptrollerLand Comm.Ag. Comm.SenateHouseU.S. Senator(Class I)U.S. Senator(Class II)U.S.House1999George W. Bush Rick Perry John Cornyn Carole KeetonStrayhorn David Dewhurst Susan Combs 16R, 15D78D, 72R3RKay BaileyHutchison Phil Gramm 17D, 13R2000Bush/Cheney 2001Rick Perry Bill Ratliff 20022003David Dewhurst Greg Abbott Jerry E. Patterson 19R, 12D88R, 62DJohn Cornyn 17D, 15R200416D, 16R200587R, 63D21R, 11D200686R, 64D2007Susan Combs Todd Staples 20R, 11D81R, 69D19R, 13D200879R, 71DMcCain/Palin 200919R, 12D76R, 74D20R, 12D201077R, 73D2011101R, 49D23R, 9D2012102R, 48DRomney/Ryan 201395R, 55DTed Cruz 24R, 12D20142015Greg Abbott Dan Patrick Ken Paxton Glenn Hegar George P. Bush Sid Miller 20R, 11D98R, 52D25R, 11D201699R, 50D, 1ITrump/Pence 201795R, 55D201821R, 10D201919R, 12D83R, 67D23R, 13D2020Trump/Pence 202118R, 13D202285R, 65D24R, 12D2023Dawn Buckingham 19R, 12D86R, 64D25R, 13D202487R, 63DTrump/Vance 2025Kelly Hancock 20R, 11D88R, 62D202619R, 12DDon Huffines
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