TEXAS GOVERNMENT

Presidents of the Republic of Texas and Their Cabinets

Pre-Republic of Texas Governors
Governors and Lieutenant Governors of the State of Texas

Interim Government: Established by the Texas Constitutional Convention in 1836

16 Mar 1836 - 22 Oct 1836

President:
David G Burnett

Vice President:
Lorenzo De Zavala
Secretaries of State:
Samuel Price Carson

James Collinsworth

William Houston Jack
Secretaries of War:
Thomas Jefferson Rusk

Mirabeau B. Lamar

Alexander Somervell

John Austin Wharton

Henry P. Brewster
Secretary of Treasury:
Baily Hardeman

Barnard E. Bee
Attorney General:
David Thomas

Peter W. Grayson
Secretary of the Navy:
Robert Potter

Postmaster General:

John Rice Jones

The First President of the Republic of Texas: FirstAdministration of Sam Houston

22 Oct 1836 - 10 Dec 1838

President:

Samuel Houston

Vice President:

Mirabeau B. Lamar
Secretaries of State:

Stephen F. Austin

James P. Henderson

Robert Anderson Irion

Secretaries of War:

Thomas Jefferson Rusk


William S. Fisher

Barnard E. Bee

Secretary of Treasury:

Henry Smith

Attorney General:

James Collinsworth

James P. Henderson

Peter W. Grayson

John Birdsall

A. S. Thurston
Secretary of the Navy:

Samuel R. Fisher

William M. Shepherd

Postmaster General:

Robert Barr

Commissioner of Land Office

John P. Borden


Second President of the Republic of Texas: Mirabeau B. Lamer

10 Dec 1838 - 13 Dec 1841

President:

Mirabeau B. Lamar

Vice President:

David G. Burnett
Secretaries of State:

Barnard E. Bee

James Webb

James Webb (acting)

Nathaniel C Armory

David G Burnett

Abner Smith Lipscomb

Joseph Waples (Acting)

James S. Mayfield

Samuel A. Robert (acting)



Secretaries of War:

Albert S. Johnston

Branch Tanner Archer



Secretary of Treasury:

Richard G. Dunlap

James H. Starr

James W. Simmons

J. G. Chalmers

Attorney General:

John C. Watrous

James Webb

F. A. Morris
Secretary of the Navy:

Memucan Hunt

Louis P. Cooke

Postmaster General:

Robert Barr

Elijah S. C. Robertson (Acting)

John Rice Jones

Land  Commissioner

John P. Borden

H. W. Raglin

Thomas William Ward


Third President of the Replublic of Texas: The Second Administration of Sam Houston

13 Dec 1841 - 9 Dec 1844

President:

Samuel Houston

Vice President

Edward Burleson

Secretaries of State:

Anson Jones

Secretaries of War and Marine:

George W. Hockley

Morgan C. Hamilton (Acting)

George W. Hill

Secretary of Treasury:

E. Lawrence Stinkney (Acting)

William Henry Daingerfield

James B. Miller

Attorney General:

George W. Terrell
Land Commissioner

Thomas W. Ward


Fourth President of the Replublic of Texas: Anson Jones

9 Dec 1844 - 19 Feb 1846 (When Texas Entered the Union)

President:

Anson Jones

Vice President

Kenneth L. Anderson

Secretaries of State:

Ebenezer Allen

Ashbel Smith


Secretaries of War and Marine:

George W. Hill

Morgan C. Hamilton

William Gordon Cooke



Secretary of Treasury:

William Beck Ochiltree

John A. Greene

Attorney General:

Ebenezer
Allen

William B. Ochitree
Land Commissioner

Thomas W. Ward






Sources:
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Library & Archives Commission: Pre-Republic Governors
Fort Tumbleweed