27 Sep 2019 Cecilia Abbott Cecilia Abbott became first lady of Texas when her husband, Governor Greg Abbott, was sworn in as governor on January 20, 2015. Mrs. Abbott was raised in San Antonio by parents… wpengine
05 Nov 2018 James Pinckney Henderson JAMES PINCKNEY HENDERSON was born in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina but left to read law and was admitted to the Bar in 1829.… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 George T. Wood GEORGE T. WOOD, born in Cuthbert, Georgia is said to have had less than four years' schooling. He became a merchant and served in the Georgia state legislature in 1837… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 Peter Hansborough Bell PETER HANSBOROUGH BELL was born in Culpeper, Virginia, where he attended public schools. He had been a merchant in Petersburg, Virginia for a number of years when he left to… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 Elisha Marshall Pease ELISHA MARSHALL PEASE was born in Enfield, Connecticut. He left school at the age of fourteen to become a clerk in a country store in Hartford. Nine years later he… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 Hardin Richard Runnels Reportedly born in Mississippi, HARDIN RICHARD RUNNELS is said to have migrated to Texas with his mother after his father's death. In his early twenties at that time, he settled… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 Samuel Houston The only person ever to serve as governor of more than one state, SAMUEL HOUSTON was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia and moved to Tennessee as a child. In 1813,… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 Edward Clark A native of Georgia, EDWARD CLARK moved with his mother to Montgomery, Alabama after his father's death, attending common schools and studying law. He relocated to Texas in 1842 and… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 Francis Richard Lubbock FRANCIS RICHARD LUBBOCK was born in Beaufort, South Carolina. He attended private schools in South Carolina until the age of fourteen, when his father's death forced him to seek employment.… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 Pendleton Murrah Born in South Carolina, PENDLETON MURRAH moved at an early age to Alabama, where he was educated by a charitable society of the Baptist Church. He went on to graduate… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 Fletcher Summerfield Stockdale FLETCHER S. STOCKDALE was born in Russellville, Kentucky. After studying law in Kentucky, he moved to Indianola, Texas at the age of nineteen. Involved with the railroad industry, he promoted… National Governors Association
