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The first governor of the Republic of Texas was SAM HOUSTON!
James Pinckney Henderson was the first governor of Texas, and held tenure from 1846 to 1850. The population of Texas, a new state at the time, was 212,592, according to the official U.S. Census report of 1850.
James Pinckney Henderson was the first Governor of Texas. He was born March 31, 1808 and died June 4th 1958.
February 19, 1846 - December 21, 1847
James Pinckney Henderson was the first state governor of Texas in 1846.There were five presidents of the independent Texas Republic (1836-1846), including Sam Houston, the first elected after independence from Mexico.*(The first governor of Texas in New Spain was Domingo Terán de los Ríos in 1691. When Mexico achieved independence, the first governor of Mexican Texas was José Félix Trespalacios in 1821.)James Pinckney Henderson
James Pinckney Henderson was the first governor of Texas after it became a state in 1846. He was elected in November, 1845 and served from February 19, 1846 to December 21, 1847.
President of the Republic of Texas and in 1845 that was Anson Jones who was followed in 1846 by James Pinckney Henderson, the First Governor of the State of Texas.
James W. Henderson had the shortest term as Governor of Texas. He was serving the last 28 days of Peter Hansborough Bell's term as Governor, who had resigned. Henderson became Governor on November 23, 1853 and ended on December 21, 1853.
James W. Henderson served from November 23, 1853, and served until December 21, 1853.
The first governor of Texas was James Pinckney Henderson. His term was from March 31, 1808 until June 4, 1858 or almost 50 years of service.
James Pinckney Henderson (born December 5, 1803 in Lincolnton, North Carolina; died June 4, 1858 in Washington DC), the first Governor of Texas, served between February 19, 1846 and December 21, 1847.
James Pinckney Henderson (born December 5, 1803 in Lincolnton, North Carolina; died June 4, 1858 in Washington DC), the first Governor of Texas, served between February 19, 1846 and December 21, 1847. Following the end of Henderson's term as Governor, George Tyler Wood (born March 12, 1795 in Randolph County, Georgia; died September 3, 1858 in Texas) became the second Governor of Texas, serving between December 21, 1847 and December 21, 1849.