Texas Political History | Key Events, Reforms, and Power Struggles

Governor Richard Coke

Primary Sources in Texas History Speeches & Addresses The Reconstruction Era (1865–1874)

The Redeemer Triumph: Richard Coke’s 1874 Inaugural Address

Annexation and Statehood (1845-1860)Primary Sources in Texas History Speeches & Addresses

A Call to Arms After John Brown’s Raid

texas governor george w bush inauguration 1995

20th Century History Primary Sources in Texas History Speeches & Addresses

The 1995 Inaugural Address of Governor George W. Bush

Featured Historic Letters & Memoirs Military History The Texas Revolution

William Travis’s Letter from the Alamo (1836)

20th Century History Texas History

History of La Raza Unida Party in Texas

20th Century History Biography Governors of Texas

W.P. Hobby: Texas Governor Who Backed Women’s Suffrage and Alcohol Ban

Annexation and Statehood (1845-1860)Biography Governors of Texas The Civil War

Governor H.R. Runnels: Arch-Secessionist and Rival of Sam Houston

Biography Governors of Texas The Courthouse Era (1875-1900)

Jim Hogg: The Governor Who Challenged the Railroad Barons

Annexation and Statehood (1845-1860)Biography Governors of Texas

Peter H. Bell: Frontier Soldier and Expansionist Texas Governor

20th Century History Biography Governors of Texas

“Pappy” O’Daniel: Populism and Political Theater in Depression-Era Texas