List of lieutenant governors of Texas

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor (Lieutenant Governor ) in the U.S. state of Texas was created after the accession of the State to the Union in 1845. The respective incumbent is first successor of the governor, if it resigns, dies or is removed from his post. The current Governor Rick Perry was lieutenant governor under George W. Bush when in 2001 President of the United States has been a year, and took over his office.

Furthermore, the Lieutenant Governor is before the state Senate as president. Governor and lieutenant governor are not elected together, so it is quite possible that both incumbent different parties belong. Occurs in the office of lieutenant governor a vacancy, the Senate elects a new president, the then ex officio serves as lieutenant governor.

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