Texas Masonic Governors and Presidents

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Sorry if this is a repeat but its pretty interesting if you enjoy Texas history. These are the leaders of Texas throughout our history as a nation and state that were Freemasons.

Texas Leaders
Presidents of the Republic of Texas
David G. Burnet President 1836, Lorenzo DeZavala Vice President
Samuel Houston President 1836-1838, Mirabeau B. Lamar Vice President
Mirabeau B. Lamar, President 1838-1841, David G. Burnet Vice President
Anson Jones, President 1844-1846, Kenneth Anderson Vice President

Governors
James Henderson 1844-1846, Redland Lodge 3, San Augustine Texas
George Wood 1847-1849, Forest Lodge 19, Huntsville Texas
James Henderson 1846-1847, Holland Lodge 1, Houston Texas
Elisha Pease 1853-1857, St Johns Lodge 5, West Columbia Texas
Hardin Runnels 1857-1859, Austin Lodge 12, Austin Texas
Samuel Houston 1859-1861, Cumberland Lodge 8. Nashville Tennessee
Edward Clark 1861, Austin Lodge 12, Austin Texas
Francis Lubbock 1861-1863, Holland Lodge 1, Houston Texas
Andrew Hamilton 1865-1866, Palestine Lodge 12, Palestine Texas
James Throckmorton 1866-1867, St Johns Lodge 51, McKinney Texas
Edmund Davis 1870-1874, Rio Grande Lodge 81, Brownsville Texas
Richard Coke 1874-1876, Waco Lodge 92, Waco Texas
Richard Hubbard 1876-1879, St Johns 53, Tyler Texas
Oran Roberts 1879-1883, Redland Lodge 3, San Augustine Texas
John Ireland 1883-1887, Guadalupe Lodge 109, Seguin Texas
Lawrence Sullivan Ross 1887-1891, Waco Lodge 92, Waco Texas
Charles Culberson 1886-1899, Jefferson Lodge 38, Jefferson Texas
Joseph Sayers 1899-1903, Gamble Lodge 244, Bastrop Texas, Grand Master 1875
S.W.T Lanham 1903-1907, Phoenix Lodge 275, Weatherford Texas
William Hobby 1917-1921, Beaumont Lodge 286, Beaumont Texas
Pat Neff 1921-1925, Baylor Lodge 1235, Waco Texas, Grand Master 1945
Dan Moody 1927-1931, Solomon Lodge 484, Taylor Texas
Ross Sterling 1931-1933, Holland Lodge 1, Houston Texas
James Allred 1935-1938, Bowie Lodge 578, Bowie Texas
W. Lee O’Daniel 1939-1949, Ninnescah Lodge 230, Kingman Kansas
Coke Stevenson 1941-1947, Junction Lodge 548, Junction Texas
Beauford Jester 1947-1949, Corsicana Lodge 174, Corsicana Texas
Allan Shivers 1949-1957, Magnolia Lodge 495, Woodsville Texas; Hill City Lodge 456, Austin Texas
Price Daniels 1957-1963, Liberty Lodge 48, Liberty Texas
Preston Smith 1969-1973, Yellowhouse Lodge 841, Lubbock Texas
Dolph Briscoe 1973-1979, Uvalde Lodge 472, Uvalde Texas
Mark White 1983-1987, Park Place Lodge 1172, Houston Texas; University Lodge 1190, Austin Texas

 

[cog41]

Great info!

Got the list from Grand Lodge bout 2 months ago.
My plan is to do a little history on each governor and their home lodge.
But I'm way behind.

Been a long time since we had a mason guvnuh or Lt. Guvnuh.