Texas Governors and Presidents Portrait Gallery
Portrait Gallery
This gallery features fifty-three oil portrait paintings of Texas Governors and Presidents. These paintings are displayed around the radius of the Capitol rotunda.
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Rick Perry
Governor 47
December 21, 2000 to January 20, 2015
Oil on canvas portrait by James Tennison, 2016.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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George W. Bush
Governor 46
January 17, 1995 to December 21, 2000
Oil on canvas portrait by Scott Gentling, 2001.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Ann W. Richards
Governor 45
January 15, 1991 to January 17, 1995
Oil on canvas portrait by James Tennison, 1995.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Bill Clements
Governor 44
January 20, 1987 to January 15, 1991
Oil on canvas portrait by Kenneth R Fox, 1990.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board. -
Mark White
Governor 43
January 18, 1983 to January 20, 1987
Oil on canvas portrait by Lajos Markos, 1987.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Bill Clements
Governor 42
January 16, 1979 to January 18, 1983
Oil on canvas portrait by Kenneth R Fox, 1983.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board. -
Dolph Briscoe
Governor 41
January 16, 1973 to January 16, 1979
Oil on canvas portrait by Peter Stevens, 1978.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board. -
Preston Smith
Governor 40
January 21, 1969 to January 16, 1973
Oil on canvas portrait by C J Fox, 1972.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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John Connally
Governor 39
January 15, 1963 to January 21, 1969
Oil on canvas portrait by C J Fox, 1969.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Price Daniel
Governor 38
January 15, 1957 to January 15, 1963
Oil on canvas portrait by Victor Lallier, 1963.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Allan Shivers
Governor 37
July 11, 1949 to January 15, 1957
Oil on canvas portrait by E Wesley, 1955.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board. -
Beauford H. Jester
Governor 36
January 21, 1947 to July 11, 1949
Oil on canvas portrait by Douglas Chandor, 1952.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Coke R. Stevenson
Governor 35
August 4, 1941 to January 21, 1947
Oil on canvas portrait by Marjorie Caldwell, 1943.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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W. Lee O'Daniel
Governor 34
January 17, 1939 to August 4, 1941
Oil on canvas portrait by Dario (d'Apporto) D'Operto, 1941.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board. -
James V. Allred
Governor 33
January 15, 1935 to January 17, 1939
Oil on canvas portrait by Ralph Dickerman, 1939.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Miriam A. Ferguson
Governor 32
January 17, 1933 to January 15, 1935
Oil on canvas portrait by Lucy Rice, 1934.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Ross S. Sterling
Governor 31
January 20, 1931 to January 17, 1933
Oil on canvas portrait by Lucy Rice, 1933.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Dan Moody
Governor 30
January 17, 1927 to January 20, 1931
Oil on canvas portrait by Z E Talbert, 1930.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Miriam A. Ferguson
Governor 29
January 20, 1925 to January 17, 1927
Oil on canvas portrait by Penelope Lingan, 1927.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Pat Morris Neff
Governor 28
January 18, 1921 to January 20, 1925
Oil on canvas portrait by Arvid Nyholm, 1925.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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William P. Hobby
Governor 27
August 25, 1917 to January 18, 1921
Oil on canvas portrait by Enrico Cerracchio, 1921.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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James E. Ferguson
Governor 26
January 19, 1915 to August 25, 1917
Oil on canvas portrait by G M Deane, 1918.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Oscar Branch Colquitt
Governor 25
January 17, 1911 to January 19, 1915
Oil on canvas portrait by Marie Cronin, 1910.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Thomas Mitchell Campbell
Governor 24
January 15, 1907 to January 17, 1911
Oil on canvas portrait by Orlando Rouland, 1910.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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S.W.T. Lanham
Governor 23
January 20, 1903 to January 15, 1907
Oil on canvas portrait by Boris B Gordon, 1908.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Joseph D. Sayers
Governor 22
January 17, 1899 to January 20, 1903
Oil on canvas portrait by Robert Onderdonk, 1903.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Charles A. Culberson
Governor 21
January 15, 1895 to January 17, 1899
Oil on canvas portrait by Robert Onderdonk, 1901.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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James Stephen Hogg
Governor 20
January 20, 1891 to January 15, 1895
Oil on canvas portrait by Robert Joy, 1951.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board. -
Lawrence Sullivan Ross
Governor 19
January 18, 1887 to January 20, 1891
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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John Ireland
Governor 18
January 16, 1883 to January 18, 1887
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board. -
Oran M. Roberts
Governor 17
January 21, 1879 to January 16, 1883
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board. -
Richard B. Hubbard
Governor 16
December 1, 1876 to January 21, 1879
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board. -
Richard Coke
Governor 15
January 15, 1874 to December 1, 1876
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board. -
Edmund J. Davis
Governor 14
January 8, 1870 to January 15, 1874
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board. -
Elisha M. Pease
Governor 13
June 8, 1867 to September 30, 1869
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board. -
James W. Throckmorton
Governor 12
August 9, 1866 to August 8, 1867
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Andrew J. Hamilton
Governor 11
June 17, 1865 to August 9, 1866
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Fletcher S. Stockdale
Acting Governor
June 17, 1865 to July 21, 1865
Oil on canvas portrait by Charles B Normann, 1945.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board. -
Pendleton Murrah
Governor 10
November 5, 1863 to June 17, 1865
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board. -
Francis R. Lubbock
Governor 9
November 7, 1861 to November 5, 1863
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Edward Clark
Governor 8
March 16, 1861 to November 7, 1861
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Sam Houston
President
October 22, 1836 to December 10, 1838
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December 13, 1841 to December 9, 1844
Governor 7
December 21, 1859 to March 16, 1861
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Hardin R. Runnels
Governor 6
December 21, 1857 to December 21, 1859
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Elisha M. Pease
Governor 5
December 21, 1853 to December 21, 1857
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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James W. Henderson
Governor 4
November 23, 1853 to December 21, 1853
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Peter Hansborough Bell
Governor 3
December 21, 1849 to November 23, 1853
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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George T. Wood
Governor 2
December 21, 1847 to December 21, 1849
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Albert C. Horton
Acting Governor
May 19, 1846 to November 13, 1846
Oil on canvas portrait by Charles B. Normann, 1945.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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James P. Henderson
Governor 1
Februrary 19, 1846 to December 21, 1847
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Anson Jones
President
December 9, 1844 to Februrary 19, 1846
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Mirabeau B. Lamar
President
December 10, 1838 to December 13, 1841
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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David G. Burnet
Ad-Interim President
March 16, 1836 to October 22, 1836
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
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Henry Smith
Provisional Governor
November 14, 1835 to March 1, 1836
Oil on canvas portrait by William H. Huddle, 1888.
Capitol Historical Artifact Collection,
State Preservation Board.