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Jane Y. McCallum served as Secretary of State of Texas from 1927 to 1933, the longest term of office.

The following is a list of secretaries of state of Texas for both the Republic of Texas and the State of Texas.[1]

Secretaries of state of the Republic of Texas (1836–1846)

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Name Term Appointed by
Samuel Price Carson March 18, 1836 – April 29, 1836 David G. Burnet
James Collinsworth April 29, 1836 – May 23, 1836
William Houston Jack May 23, 1836 – October 22, 1836
Stephen F. Austin October 22, 1836 – December 27, 1836 Sam Houston
James Pinckney Henderson 1837
Robert Anderson Irion 1837–1838
T. H. Bowman 1838
Barnard E. Bee Sr. December 16, 1838 – February 6, 1839 Mirabeau B. Lamar
James Webb February 6, 1839 – May 31, 1839
David G. Burnet (acting) May 31, 1839 – July 23, 1839
Nathaniel Amory (acting) July 23, 1839 – August 5, 1839
David G. Burnet (acting) August 5, 1839 – January 31, 1840
Abner Smith Lipscomb January 31, 1840 – January 22, 1841
Joseph Waples (acting) January 23, 1841 – February 8, 1841
James S. Mayfield (acting) February 8, 1841 – April 30, 1841
Joseph Waples April 30, 1841 – May 25, 1841
Samuel A. Roberts (acting) May 25, 1841 – December 13, 1841
Anson Jones December 13, 1841 – December 10, 1844 Sam Houston
Ebenezer Allen December 10, 1844 – February 5, 1845 Anson Jones
Ashbel Smith February 5, 1845 – March 31, 1845
Ebenezer Allen March 31, 1845 – February 19, 1846

Secretaries of state of the State of Texas (1846–present)

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Image Name Term Appointed by
Charles Mariner February 20, 1846 – May 4, 1846 James Pinckney Henderson
David G. Burnet May 4, 1846 – January 1, 1848
Washington D. Miller January 1, 1848 – January 2, 1850 George Tyler Wood
James Webb January 2, 1850 – November 14, 1851 Peter Hansborough Bell
Thomas H. Duval November 14, 1851 – December 22, 1853
Edward Clark December 22, 1853 – December 21, 1857 Elisha M. Pease
Thomas Scott Anderson December 22, 1857 – December 27, 1859 Hardin Richard Runnels
Eber Worthington Cave December 27, 1859 – March 16, 1861 Sam Houston
Bird Holland March 16, 1861 – November 7, 1861 Edward Clark
Charles S. West November 7, 1861 – September, 1862 Francis Lubbock
Robert J. Townes September, 1862 – May 2, 1865 Pendleton Murrah
Charles R. Pryor May 2, 1865 – August 9, 1865
James H. Bell August 9, 1865 – August, 1866 James W. Throckmorton
John A. Green August, 1866 – August 8, 1867
D. W. C. Phillips August 8, 1867 – January 1, 1870 Pendleton Murrah
James Pearson Newcomb January 1, 1870 – January 17, 1874 Edmund J. Davis
George W. Clark January 17, 1874 – January 27, 1874 Richard Coke
Alfred Wesley DeBerry January 27, 1874 – December 7, 1876
A. J. Searcy December 7, 1876 – January 23, 1879 Richard B. Hubbard
John D. Templeton January 23, 1879 – January 22, 1881 Oran Milo Roberts
Thorton Hardie Bowman January 22, 1881 – January 18, 1883
Joseph Wilson Baines January 18, 1883 – January 21, 1887 John Ireland
John Marks Moore January 21, 1887 – January 22, 1891 Sul Ross
George W. Smith January 22, 1891 – January 17, 1895 Jim Hogg
Allison Mayfield January 18, 1895 – January 5, 1897 Charles Allen Culberson
J. W. Madden January 5, 1897 – January 18, 1899
D. H. Hardy January 19, 1899 – January 19, 1901 Joseph D. Sayers
John G. Tod January 19, 1901 – January 20, 1903
J. R. Curl January 20, 1903 – April, 1905 S. W. T. Lanham
O. K. Shannon April, 1905 – January 19, 1907
L. Travis Dashiell January 19, 1907 – February, 1908 Thomas Mitchell Campbell
William Richardson Davie February, 1908 – January 19, 1909
W. B. Townsend January 19, 1909 – January 19, 1911
C. C. McDonald January 19, 1911 – December, 1912 Oscar Branch Colquitt
John Tibaut Bowman December, 1912 – January, 1913
John L. Wortham January, 1913 – June, 1913
Ferdinand C. Weinert June, 1913 – November, 1914
D. A. Gregg November, 1914 – January, 1915
John G. McKay January, 1915 – December, 1916 James E. Ferguson
C. J. Bartlett December, 1916 – November, 1917 William P. Hobby
George F. Howard November, 1917 – November, 1920
Charles D. Mims November, 1920 – January 19, 1921
S. L. Staples January 19, 1921 – August, 1924 Pat Morris Neff
J. D. Strickland September, 1924 – January 1, 1925
Henry Hutchings January 1, 1925 – January 20, 1925
Emma Grigsby Meharg January 20, 1925 – January 17, 1927 Miriam A. Ferguson
Jane Y. McCallum January 17, 1927 – January 17, 1933 Dan Moody
W. W. Heath January 17, 1933 – January 15, 1935 Miriam A. Ferguson
Gerald Mann January 15, 1935 – August 31, 1935 James V. Allred
R. B. Stanford August 31, 1935 – August, 1936
Boles P. Matocha August, 1936 – January 17, 1937
Edward A. Clark January 17, 1937 – January 17, 1939
Tom Beauchamp January 17, 1939 – October, 1939 W. Lee O'Daniel
M. O. Flowers October, 1939 – January, 1941
William J. Lawson January, 1941 – January, 1943 Coke R. Stevenson
Sidney Latham January, 1943 – February, 1945
Claude M. Isbell February, 1945 – January 21, 1947
Paul H. Brown January 21, 1947 – January 19, 1949 Beauford H. Jester
Ben Ramsey January 19, 1949 – February 9, 1950
John Ben Shepperd February 9, 1950 – April 30, 1952 Allan Shivers
Andrew Jackson Ross April 30, 1952 – January 9, 1953
Howard A. Carney January 9, 1953 – May 1, 1954
C. E. Fulgham May 1, 1954 – January 21, 1955
Al Muldrow January 21, 1955 – November 1, 1955
Thomas Morrow Reavley November 1, 1955 – January 16, 1957
Zollie Steakley January 16, 1957 – January 2, 1962 Price Daniel
P. Frank Lake January 2, 1962 – January 15, 1963
Crawford Martin January 15, 1963 – March 12, 1966 John Connally
John Hill March 12, 1966 – January 22, 1968
Roy R. Barrera Sr. March 7, 1968 – January 23, 1969
Martin Dies Jr. January 23, 1969 – September 1, 1971 Preston Smith
Bob Bullock September 1, 1971 – January 2, 1973
V. Larry Teaver Jr. January 2–19, 1973
Mark White January 19, 1973 – October 27, 1977 Dolph Briscoe
Steven C. Oaks October 27, 1977 – January 16, 1979
George Strake Jr. January 16, 1979 – October 6, 1981 Bill Clements
David Dean October 22, 1981 – January 18, 1983
John Fainter January 18, 1983 – July 31, 1984 Mark White
Myra McDaniel September 6, 1984 – January 26, 1987
Jack Rains January 26, 1987 – June 15, 1989 Bill Clements
George Bayoud June 15, 1989 – January 15, 1991
John H. Hannah Jr. April 15, 1991 – March, 1994 Ann Richards
Ron Kirk April 4, 1994 – January 17, 1995
Tony Garza January 17, 1995 – December 31, 1997 George W. Bush
Alberto Gonzales January 1, 1998 – January 3, 1999
Elton Bomer January 11, 1999 – December 31, 2000
Henry Cuellar January 2, 2001 – October 5, 2001 Rick Perry
Geoff Connor
acting 		October 5, 2001 – January 7, 2002
Gwyn Shea January 7, 2002 – August 4, 2003
Geoff Connor September 26, 2003 – December, 2004
Roger Williams January, 2005 – July 1, 2007
Phil Wilson July 1, 2007 – July 6, 2008
Esperanza Andrade July 23, 2008 – November 23, 2012
John Steen November 27, 2012 – 2013
Nandita Berry January 7, 2014 – January 20, 2015
Carlos Cascos January 21, 2015 – January 6, 2017 Greg Abbott
Rolando Pablos January 6, 2017 – December 15, 2018
David Whitley December 17, 2018 – May 27, 2019
Ruth R. Hughs August 19, 2019 – May 31, 2021
John B. Scott October 21, 2021 – December 31, 2022[2]
Jane Nelson January 5, 2023 – Present[3]

References

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  1. ^ History of the Office, Texas Secretary of State.
  2. ^ "Secretary John B. Scott's Resignation Letter" (PDF). www.sos.state.tx.us. December 5, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  3. ^ "Appointment of Secretary Nelson by Governor Abbott" (PDF). www.sos.state.tx.us. January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
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