Writing:Former officeholders (state executive offices)

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Former officeholders

This section is added to profiles about state-specific offices. This includes articles like Governor of Texas or Lieutenant Governor of Alabama.

This section features:

• a summary of the past officeholders (# of former officeholders and political parties if applicable).
• a collapsible chart of officeholders, including:
  • name
  • date when they took office
  • date when they left office
  • political party

Installation

Summary of past officeholders. Since DATE, STATE has had ## officeholders. Of the ##, 
# were Republican, # were Democrat, etc.

Click '''"show"''' for former officeholders.

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align:center;"
!#
! Name 
! Took office 
! Left office 
! Party
|- valign="bottom" style="background-color:#FF0000; color: white;"
|#
|NAME
|DATE
|DATE
| Republican
|- valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"
|#
|NAME
|DATE
|DATE
| Democratic
|-
|#
|NAME
|DATE
|DATE
|POLITICAL PARTY
|-
|}

Color codes

Each line of the chart should have a unique color to it, depending on political party. You can see the installation of this line of code above. Specific color-codes are available below, simply into the chart where appropriate.

• Republican: valign="bottom" style="background-color:#FF0000; color: white;"
• Democratic: valign="bottom" style="background-color:#00008B; color: white;"
• Independent: valign="bottom" style="background-color:#cccccc; color: black;"
• Other: (no code)

Example

Below is an example of how this section would appear in an article. See also: Governor of Texas

Former officeholders (1846-present)

From 1846-2000, the state of Texas has had 47 governors. Of the 47 governors, 39 were Democratic, 6 were Republican, 1 was an Independent and 1 was a Unionist.

Click "show" for Texas former governors from 1846-2000.

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party
1	James Pinckney Henderson	February 19, 1846	December 21, 1847	Democratic
2	George T. Wood	December 21, 1847	December 21, 1849	Democratic
3	Peter Hansborough Bell	December 21, 1849	November 23, 1853	Democratic
4	James W. Henderson	November 23, 1853	December 21, 1853	Democratic
5	Elisha M. Pease	December 21, 1853	December 21, 1857	Unionist
6	Hardin R. Runnels	December 21, 1857	December 21, 1859	Democratic
7	Sam Houston	December 21, 1859	March 18, 1861	Independent
8	Edward Clark	March 18, 1861	November 7, 1861	Democratic
9	Francis R. Lubbock	November 7, 1861	November 5, 1863	Democratic
10	Pendleton Murrah	November 5, 1863	June 17, 1865	Democratic
11	Andrew J. Hamilton	June 17, 1865	August 9, 1866	Democratic-Military
12	James W. Throckmorton	August 9, 1866	August 8, 1867	Democratic
13	Elisha M. Pease	June 8, 1867	September 30, 1869	Republican
14	Edmund J. Davis	January 8, 1870	January 15, 1874	Republican
15	Richard Coke	January 15, 1874	December 21, 1876	Democratic
16	Richard B. Hubbard	December 21, 1876	January 21, 1879	Democratic
17	Oran M. Roberts	January 21, 1879	January 16, 1883	Democratic
18	John Ireland	January 16, 1883	January 20, 1887	Democratic
19	Lawrence Sullivan Ross	January 18, 1887	January 20, 1891	Democratic
20	James Stephen Hogg	January 20, 1891	January 15, 1895	Democratic
21	Charles A. Culberson	January 15, 1895	January 17, 1899	Democratic
22	Joseph D. Sayers	January 17, 1899	January 20, 1903	Democratic
23	S. W. T. Lanham	January 20, 1903	January 15, 1907	Democratic
24	Thomas Mitchell Campbell	January 15, 1907	January 17, 1911	Democratic
25	Oscar Branch Colquitt	January 17, 1911	January 19, 1915	Democratic
26	James E. "Pa" Ferguson	January 19, 1915	August 25, 1917	Democratic
27	William P. Hobby	August 25, 1917	January 18, 1921	Democratic
28	Pat Morris Neff	January 18, 1921	January 20, 1925	Democratic
29	Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson	January 20, 1925	January 17, 1927	Democratic
30	Dan Moody	January 17, 1927	January 20, 1931	Democratic
31	Ross S. Sterling	January 20, 1931	January 17, 1933	Democratic
32	Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson	January 17, 1933	January 15, 1935	Democratic
33	James V. Allred	January 15, 1935	January 17, 1939	Democratic
34	W. Lee O'Daniel	January 17, 1939	August 4, 1941	Democratic
35	Coke R. Stevenson	August 4, 1941	January 21, 1947	Democratic
36	Beauford H. Jester	January 21, 1947	July 11, 1949	Democratic
37	Allan Shivers	July 11, 1949	January 15, 1957	Democratic
38	Price Daniel	January 15, 1957	January 15, 1963	Democratic
39	John Connally	January 15, 1963	January 21, 1969	Democratic
40	Preston Smith	January 21, 1969	January 16, 1973	Democratic
41	Dolph Briscoe	January 16, 1973	January 16, 1979	Democratic
42	Bill Clements	January 16, 1979	January 18, 1983	Republican
43	Mark White	January 18, 1983	January 20, 1987	Democratic
44	Bill Clements	January 20, 1987	January 15, 1991	Republican
45	Ann Richards	January 15, 1991	January 17, 1995	Democratic
46	George W. Bush	January 17, 1995	December 21, 2000	Republican
47	Rick Perry	December 21, 2000	Incumbent	Republican

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