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Jane Y. McCallum served as Secretary of State of Texas from 1927 to 1933, the longest term of office. The following is a list of secretaries of state of Texas for both the Republic of Texas and the State of Texas. [1]
The "Father of Texas", Stephen F. Austin, was appointed Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas by President Sam Houston in 1836. [ 11 ] Since then, Texas became a state of the United States in 1845 and there have been 115 Secretaries of State.
Jane Gray Nelson [1] (born October 5, 1951) [2] is an American businesswoman who sits on the board of her husbands company and former school teacher (1973-1978) [3] who serves as the Secretary of State of Texas since 2023. She was a Texas state senator who represented Texas Senate District 12. She was elected to the Senate in 1992 after serving ...
Ruth Ruggero Hughs (born 1971/1972) [1] is an American lawyer who served as the 113th Texas Secretary of State, appointed by Governor Greg Abbott on August 19, 2019. [2] In July 2015 Governor Abbott appointed Hughs to the three-member Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). [3] Hughs became Chair of the TWC in August 2018. [4]
Rolando Burgoa Pablos (born September 26, 1967) is an American executive, attorney, and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Texas. [1] He was sworn in as the 111th Secretary of State of Texas on January 5, 2017. [2] On December 6, 2018, Pablos announced his resignation as Secretary of State effective December 15. [3]
In early December 2022, Scott said he would resign as secretary of state at the end of the year, and his resignation took effect on December 31, 2022. [6] [7] [8] After stepping down as secretary of state, Scott worked as a lobbyist during the 2023 session of the Texas Legislature. [8]
The Texas Administrative Code contains the compiled and indexed regulations of Texas state agencies and is published yearly by the Secretary of State. [5] The Texas Register contains proposed rules, notices, executive orders, and other information of general use to the public and is published weekly by the Secretary of State. [6]
Cordell Hull is the only person to have served as secretary of state for more than eight years. Daniel Webster and James G. Blaine are the only secretaries of state to have ever served non-consecutive terms. Warren Christopher served very briefly as acting secretary of state non-consecutively with his later tenure as full-fledged secretary of ...