• James Pinckney Henderson-- February 19, 1846 - December 21, 1847

• George T. Wood-- December 21, 1847 - December 21, 1849

• Peter Hansbrough Bell-- December 21, 1849 - November 23, 1853

• James Wilson Henderson-- November 23, 1853 - December 21, 1853

• Elisha Marshall Pease-- December 21, 1853 - December 21, 1857

• Hardin Richard Runnels-- December 21, 1857 - December 21, 1859

• Sam Houston-- December 21, 1859 - March 16, 1861

• Edward Clark-- March 16, 1861 - November 7, 1861

• Francis Richard Lubbock-- November 7, 1861 - November 5, 1863

• Pendleton Murrah-- November 5, 1863 - June 17, 1865

• Andrew Jackson Hamilton-- June 17, 1865 - August 9, 1866

• James Webb Throckmorton-- August 9, 1866 - August 8, 1867

• Elisha Marshall Pease-- August 8, 1867 - September 30, 1869

• Edmund Jackson Davis-- January 8, 1870 - January 15, 1874

• Richard Coke-- January 15, 1874 - December 1, 1876

• Richard Bennett Hubbard-- December 1, 1876 - January 21, 1879

• Oran Milo Roberts-- January 21, 1879 - January 16, 1883

• John Ireland-- January 16, 1883 - January 18, 1887

• Lawrence Sullivan Ross-- January 18, 1887 - January 20, 1891

• James Stephen Hogg-- January 20, 1891 - January 15, 1895

• Charles A. Culberson-- January 15, 1895 - January 17, 1899

• Joseph Draper Sayers-- January 17, 1899 - January 20, 1903

• Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham-- January 20, 1903 - January 15, 1907

• Thomas Mitchell Campbell-- January 15, 1907 - January 17, 1911

• Oscar Branch Colquitt-- January 17, 1911 - January 19, 1915

• James E. Ferguson, Jr.-- January 19, 1915 - August 25, 1917

• William Pettus Hobby-- August 25, 1917 - January 18, 1921

• Pat Morris Neff-- January 18, 1921 - January 20, 1925

• Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson-- January 20, 1925 - January 17, 1927

• Daniel James Moody, Jr.-- January 17, 1927 - January 20, 1931

• Ross Shaw Sterling-- January 20, 1931 - January 17, 1933

• Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson-- January 17, 1933 - January 15, 1935

• James V. Allred-- January 15, 1935 - January 17, 1939

• Wilbert Lee O'Daniel-- January 17, 1939 - August 4, 1941

• Coke Robert Stevenson-- August 4, 1941 - January 21, 1947

• Beauford Halbert Jester-- January 21, 1947 - July 11, 1949

• Robert Allan Shivers-- July 11, 1949 - January 15, 1957

• Marion Price Daniel-- January 15, 1957 - January 15, 1963

• John Bowden Connally, Jr.-- January 15, 1963 - January 21, 1969

• Preston Smith-- January 21, 1969 - January 16, 1973

• Dolph Briscoe, Jr.-- January 16, 1973 - January 16, 1979

• William Perry Clements-- January 16, 1979 - January 18, 1983

• Mark Wells White, Jr.-- January 18, 1983 - January 20, 1987

• William Perry Clements-- January 20, 1987 - January 15, 1991

• Ann Willis Richards-- January 15, 1991 - January 17, 1995

• George Walker Bush-- January 17, 1995 - December 21-2000

• Rick Perry-- December 21, 2000 - Present

Some Facts about the Texas Governor's Mansion.

The Texas Governor's Mansion, just a block from the Capitol in Austin, was built in 1856, the oldest continually used executive residence west of the Mississippi. Other highlights:

■ The original mansion included 6,000 square feet and was divided into 11 rooms and no bathrooms in the main house.

■ Gas lighting was added in the 1870s, telephones and indoor plumbing by the 1880s. The size was increased in 1914 to 8,920 square feet with 25 rooms and seven bathrooms.

■ The fifth governor of Texas, Elisha Pease, and his family became its first residents. Before that, governors stayed in hotels or boardinghouses when the Legislature was in session.

■ The first official party Mr. Pease hosted, on Aug. 23, 1856, included 300 dinner guests and a menu including six turkeys, 24 chickens, two pigs, 40 loaves of bread, brandied peaches, five pounds of butter and cakes for a grand total of $121, including $8.30 for broken dishes.

■ Legendary Gov. Sam Houston moved in upon his election in 1859. His 5-year-old son, Andrew Jackson Houston, once locked members of the Legislature in their chamber and hid the key.

■ Gov. James Hogg was so exasperated when his children kept sliding down the stair rail in 1891 that he hammered tacks down the banister to stop them; the filled holes were still visible on the banister.

■ Gov. W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel had members of his Hillbilly Boys band broadcast live from the mansion on Sundays after he took office in 1939.