List of Secretaries of State of Texas

The following is the list of Texas Secretaries of State for both the Republic of Texas and the State of Texas.

Secretaries of State of the Republic of Texas (1836–1846)

Name	Term	Appointed by
Samuel Price Carson	March 18, 1836 – April 29, 1836	David G. Burnet
James Collinsworth	April 29, 1836 – May 23, 1836	David G. Burnet
William Houston Jack	May 23, 1836 – October 22, 1836	David G. Burnet
Stephen F. Austin	1836	Sam Houston
J. Pinckney Henderson	1837	Sam Houston
Robert A. Irion	1837–1838	Sam Houston
T. H. Bowman	1838	Sam Houston
Barnard Bee	December 16, 1838 – February 6, 1839	Mirabeau B. Lamar
James Webb	February 6, 1839 – May 31, 1839	Mirabeau B. Lamar
David G. Burnet (Acting)	May 31, 1839 – July 23, 1839	Mirabeau B. Lamar
Nathaniel Amory (Acting)	July 23, 1839 – August 5, 1839	Mirabeau B. Lamar
David G. Burnet (Acting)	August 5, 1839 – January 31, 1840	Mirabeau B. Lamar
Abner Lipscomb	January 31, 1840 – January 22, 1841	Mirabeau B. Lamar
Joseph Waples (Acting)	January 23, 1841 – February 8, 1841	Mirabeau B. Lamar
James S. Mayfield (Acting)	February 8, 1841 – April 30, 1841	Mirabeau B. Lamar
Joseph Waples	April 30, 1841 – May 25, 1841	Mirabeau B. Lamar
Samuel A. Roberts (Acting)	May 25, 1841 – December 13, 1841	Mirabeau B. Lamar
Anson Jones	December 13, 1841 – December 10, 1844	Sam Houston
Ebenezer Allen	December 10, 1844 – February 5, 1845	Anson Jones
Ashbel Smith	February 5, 1845 – March 31, 1845	Anson Jones
Ebenezer Allen	March 31, 1845 – February 19, 1846	Anson Jones

Secretaries of State of the State of Texas (1846–Present)

Name	Term	Appointed by
Charles Mariner	February 20, 1846 – May 4, 1846	J. Pinckney Henderson
David G. Burnet	May 4, 1846 – January 1, 1848	J. Pinckney Henderson
Washington D. Miller	January 1, 1848 – January 2, 1850	George T. Wood
James Webb	January 2, 1850 – November 14, 1851	Peter Hansbrough Bell
Thomas H. Duval	November 14, 1851 – December 22, 1853	Peter Hansbrough Bell
Edward Clark	December 22, 1853 – December 21, 1857	Elisha M. Pease
T.S. Anderson	December 22, 1857 – December 27, 1859	Hardin R. Runnels
E.W. Cave	December 27, 1859 – March 16, 1861	Sam Houston
Bird Holland	March 16, 1861 – November 7, 1861	Edward Clark
Charles S. West	November 7, 1861 – September, 1862	Frank Lubbock
Robert W. Townes	September, 1862 – May 2, 1865	Pendleton Murrah
Charles R. Pryor	May 2, 1865 – August 9, 1865	Pendleton Murrah
James H. Bell	August 9, 1865 – August, 1866	James W. Throckmorton
John A. Green	August, 1866 – August 8, 1867	James W. Throckmorton
D.W.C. Phillips	August 8, 1867 – January 1, 1870	Pendleton Murrah
J. P. Newcomb	January 1, 1870 – January 17, 1874	Edmund J. Davis
George Clark	January 17, 1874 – January 27, 1874	Richard Coke
A. W. DeBerry	January 27, 1874 – December 7, 1876	Richard Coke
A. J. Searcy	December 7, 1876 – January 23, 1879	Richard B. Hubbard
J. D. Templeton	January 23, 1879 – January 22, 1881	Oran M. Roberts
T. H. Bowman	January 22, 1881 – January 18, 1883	Oran M. Roberts
Joseph Wilson Baines	January 18, 1883 – January 21, 1887	John Ireland
John M. Moore	January 21, 1887 – January 22, 1891	Sul Ross
George W. Smith	January 22, 1891 – January 17, 1895	Jim Hogg
Allison Mayfield	January 18, 1895 – January 5, 1897	Charles A. Culberson
J. W. Madden	January 5, 1897 – January 18, 1899	Charles A. Culberson
D. H. Hardy	January 19, 1899 – January 19, 1901	Joseph D. Sayers
John G. Tod	January 19, 1901 – January 20, 1903	Joseph D. Sayers
J. R. Curl	January 20, 1903 – April, 1905	S. W. T. Lanham
O. K. Shannon	April, 1905 – January 19, 1907	S. W. T. Lanham
L. T. Dashiel	January 19, 1907 – February, 1908	Thomas Mitchell Campbell
W. R. Davie	February, 1908 – January 19, 1909	Thomas Mitchell Campbell
W. B. Townsend	January 19, 1909 – January 19, 1911	Thomas Mitchell Campbell
C. C. McDonald	January 19, 1911 – December, 1912	Oscar Branch Colquitt
J. T. Bowman	December, 1912 – January, 1913	Oscar Branch Colquitt
John L. Wortham	January, 1913 – June, 1913	Oscar Branch Colquitt
F. C. Weinert	June, 1913 – November, 1914	Oscar Branch Colquitt
D. A. Gregg	November, 1914 – January, 1915	Oscar Branch Colquitt
John G. McKay	January, 1915 – December, 1916	Jim "Pa" Ferguson
C.J. Bartlett	December, 1916 – November, 1917	William P. Hobby
George F. Howard	November, 1917 – November, 1920	William P. Hobby
C.D. Mims	November, 1920 – January 19, 1921	William P. Hobby
S. L. Staples	January 19, 1921 – August, 1924	Pat Neff
J. D. Strickland	September, 1924 – January 1, 1925	Pat Neff
Henry Hutchings	January 1, 1925 – January 20, 1925	Pat Neff
Emma G. Meharg	January 20, 1925 – January 17, 1927	Miriam "Ma" Ferguson
Jane Y. McCallum	January 17, 1927 – January 17, 1933	Dan Moody
W.W. Heath	January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1935	Miriam "Ma" Ferguson
Gerald C. Mann	January 15, 1935 – August 31, 1935	James V. Allred
R.B. Stanford	August 31, 1935 – August, 1936	James V. Allred
B.P. Matocha	August, 1936 – January 17, 1937	James V. Allred
Edward Aubrey Clark	January 17, 1937 – January 17, 1939	James V. Allred
Tom L. Beauchamp	January 17, 1939 – October, 1939	W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel
M.O. Flowers	October, 1939 – January, 1941	W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel
William J. Lawson	January, 1941 – January, 1943	Coke R. Stevenson
Sidney Latham	January, 1943 – February, 1945	Coke R. Stevenson
Claude Isbell	February, 1945 – January 21, 1947	Coke R. Stevenson
Paul H. Brown	January 21, 1947 – January 19, 1949	Beauford H. Jester
Ben Ramsey	January 19, 1949 – February 9, 1950	Beauford H. Jester
John Ben Shepperd	February 9, 1950 – April 30, 1952	Allan Shivers
Jack Ross	April 30, 1952 – January 9, 1953	Allan Shivers
Howard A. Carney	January 9, 1953 – May 1, 1954	Allan Shivers
C.E. Fulgham	May 1, 1954 – January 21, 1955	Allan Shivers
Al Muldrow	January 21, 1955 – November 1, 1955	Allan Shivers
Tom Reavley	November 1, 1955 – January 16, 1957	Allan Shivers
Zollie Steakley	January 16, 1957 – January 2, 1962	Price Daniel
P. Frank Lake	January 2, 1962 – January 15, 1963	Price Daniel
Crawford C. Martin	January 15, 1963 – March 12, 1966	John Connally
John L. Hill, Jr.	March 12, 1966 – January 22, 1968	John Connally
Roy Barrerra, Sr.	March 7, 1968 – January 23, 1969	John Connally
Martin Dies, III	January 23, 1969 – September 1, 1971	Preston Smith
Bob Bullock	September 1, 1971 – January 2, 1973	Preston Smith
V. Larry Teaver, Jr.	January 2 – January 19, 1973	Preston Smith
Mark White	January 19, 1973 – October 27, 1977	Dolph Briscoe
Steven C. Oaks	October 27, 1977 – January 16, 1979	Dolph Briscoe
George Strake, Jr.	January 16, 1979 – October 6, 1981	Bill Clements
David Dean	October 22, 1981 – January 18, 1983	Bill Clements
John Fainter	January 18, 1983 – July 31, 1984	Mark White
Myra McDaniel	September 6, 1984 – January 26, 1987	Mark White
Jack Rains	January 26, 1987 – June 15, 1989	Bill Clements
George Bayoud	June 15, 1989 – January 15, 1991	Bill Clements
John Hannah, Jr.	April 15, 1991 – March, 1994	Ann Richards
Ron Kirk	April 4, 1994 – January 17, 1995	Ann Richards
Antonio Garza, Jr.	January 17, 1995 – December 31, 1997	George W. Bush
Alberto Gonzales	January 1, 1998 – January 3, 1999	George W. Bush
Elton Bomer	January 11, 1999 – December 31, 2000	George W. Bush
Henry Cuellar	January 1, 2001 – January 7, 2002	Rick Perry
Gwyn Shea	January 7, 2002 – August 4, 2003	Rick Perry
Geoff Connor	September 26, 2003 – December, 2004	Rick Perry
Roger Williams	January, 2005 – July 1, 2007	Rick Perry
Phil Wilson	July 1, 2007 – July 6, 2008	Rick Perry
Hope Andrade	July 23, 2008 – November 23, 2012	Rick Perry
John T. Steen Jr.	November 27, 2012 – 2013	Rick Perry
Nandita Berry	January 7, 2014 – January 20, 2015	Rick Perry
Carlos Cascos	January 21, 2015 – present	Greg Abbott