05 Nov 2018 Allan Shivers ALLAN SHIVERS was born in Lufkin, Texas. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Texas, after which he became general manager of John H. Shary Enterprises… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 Price Daniel PRICE DANIEL was born in Dayton', Texas. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from Baylor University in Waco', Texas. In addition to practicing law, he was a reporter for… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 John Bowden Connally JOHN BOWDEN CONNALLY JR. was born in Floresville, Texas. When Connally was 10 years old, the family moved to San Antonio. Connally attended the University of Texas at Austin where… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 Preston Smith PRESTON SMITH was born near Georgetown in Williamson County, Texas. He worked his way through Texas Technological College (later Texas Tech University), earning a B.B.A. in 1934. After graduation, Smith… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 Dolph Briscoe DOLPH BRISCOE, JR. was born in Uvalde, Texas. A 1943 graduate of the University of Texas, Governor Briscoe served in the China-Burma-India theatre during World War II. He was named… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 William P. Clements The state's first Republican governor since Reconstruction, WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS JR. was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended Southern Methodist University. In 1937, he began working in the Texas oil… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 Mark White MARK WHITE was born in Henderson, Texas. He received a degree in business adminstration from Baylor University in 1962, and a law degree in 1965. The governor practiced law for… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 Dorothy Ann Willis Richards ANN W. RICHARDS was born in Lakeview, Texas and earned a bachelor's degree from Baylor University in Waco in 1954. She was elected Travis County commissioner in 1976 and was… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 George W. Bush GEORGE W. BUSH was born in New Haven, Connecticut, moved to Texas with his parents as a toddler, and grew up in Midland and Houston. He was an F-102 fighter… National Governors Association
05 Nov 2018 Rick Perry Rick Perry was sworn in as the 47th governor of Texas on December 21, 2000. He was elected to a four-year term in November 2002 and reelected in 2006 and… National Governors Association