List of the Governors of Texas During French and Spanish Domination

 

APPENDIX NO. IX.

LIST OF THE GOVERNORS OF TEXAS.

[This list is not given as perfect. Many of those acting as governors, in the early history of the country, were the commandants of the Presidio of Bexar, and officiating ad interim.

I. - FRENCH DOMINATION.

Robert Cavalier, the Sieur de la Salle ………………………………………………1685
The Sieur Barbier ……………………………….………………………………… 1687

II. - SPANISH DOMINATION.

Domingo Teran de los Rios (Coahuila and Texas until 1725) ………………………1691
Don Martin D'Alarconne     …………………………………………………………1718
Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo ………………………………………………… 1720
Fernando Perez de Almazan ……………………………………………………….. 1723
Melchoir de Mediavilla y Arcona (Texas alone until 1824) ……………………….. 1725
Juan Antonio Bustillos y Cevallos ……………………………………..……………1731
Manuel de Sandoval …………………………………………………………………1734
Carlos de Franquis …..……………………...……………..…………………………1736
Prudencio de Oribio de Basterra …………...…………...……………………………1738
Justo Boneo .……………………………………….....………………………………1740
Jacinto de Barrios y Jaurequi ……………….……..…………………………………1756
Antonio de Martos y Navarrete ……………...………………………………………1762
Juan Maria Baron de Ripperda ……………...…….…………………………………1770
Domingo Cabello …………………………….………………………………………1778
Rafael Pacheco ……………………………...…….………………………………… 1789
Manuel Munoz ………………………………......…………………………………...1790
Juan Bautista Elguezabal  ……………………....……………………………………1803
Antonio Cordero     …………………………….…………………………………… 1806
Manuel de Salcedo …………………………..……………………………………… 1810

 

Source:  Yoakum, Henderson King. History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846. United States, Redfield, 1855.