Texas: State Governors: 1846-1865
| Governor of the State of Texas | |
| 19 Feb 1846 - 21 Dec 1847 | James Pinckney Henderson |
| 21 Dec 1847 - 21 Dec 1849 | George Tyler Wood |
| 21 Dec 1849 - 23 Nov 1853 | Peter Hansborough Bell |
| 23 Nov 1853 - 21 Dec 1853 | James Wilson Henderson |
| 21 Dec 1853 - 21 Dec 1857 | Elisha Marshall Pease |
| 21 Dec 1857 - 21 Dec 1859 | Hardin Richard Runnels |
| 21 Dec 1859 - 16 Mar 1861 | Samuel Houston [1] |
| 16 Mar 1861 - 7 Nov 1861 | Edward Clark |
| 7 Nov 1861 - 5 Nov 1863 | Francis Richard Lubbock |
| 5 Nov 1863 - 2 Jun 1865 | Pendleton Murrah [2] |
- Also in Tennessee.
- The government of Texas effectively ceased to function following the surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department, a geographical subdivision of the Confederate States Army, signed at Galveston, Texas, on 2 Jun 1865. In the capital of Texas, Austin, Governor Murrah signed a proclamation on 10 Jun 1865 calling for the election of a State Convention, but subsequently left the capital and went into exile, his departure being reported as having occurred on 13 Jun 1865. There is no evidence that Lieutenant Governor Fletcher S. Stockdale assumed the functions of governor during Murrah's absence.