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This web page provides a comprehensive list of secretaries of state of Texas for both the Republic of Texas and the State of Texas from 1836 to present. It also includes the names, terms, and appointing authorities of each secretary of state.
Learn about the history, duties and current holder of the office of secretary of state of Texas, one of the six members of the executive department of the state. The secretary of state is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Senate, and is the chief elections officer and the keeper of the seal of the state.
Jane Nelson is a Republican businesswoman and former educator who served as a Texas state senator from 1993 to 2023 and as the Secretary of State of Texas since 2023. She was the first woman to chair the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, and authored four state budgets and 40 bills that became law.
A list of officials of the Republic of Texas, 1836–1846: First elected government of the Texas Republic ... Secretary of State. Anson Jones; Secretary of War & Marine
Mark White (1940-2017) was the 43rd governor of Texas from 1983 to 1987. He also served as secretary of state, attorney general, and a member of the Texas National Guard.
Ruth R. Hughs is a former Texas Secretary of State and a lawyer. She resigned in 2021 after the Senate did not confirm her nomination for another term.
She vacated the secretary of state's office on November 23, 2012, after nearly four-and-a-half years on the job. She was the sixth and longest-serving Texas Secretary of State and the second of three women in the post under Perry. Andrade is the first Hispanic woman to have served as the Texas Secretary of State.
Tony Garza is an American lawyer and diplomat who was the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico from 2002 to 2009. He also served as Texas Secretary of State and Railroad Commissioner, and received the Águila Azteca award from Mexico in 2009.