Presidents Pro Tempore of the Texas Senate, 1846 - present

Legislature and Year	Name

82nd Legislature, 2011-2012
Regular Session	Steve Ogden
Ad Interim	Mike Jackson
1st Called Session	Mike Jackson
Ad Interim	Mike Jackson

81st Legislature, 2009-2010
Regular Session	Robert Duncan
Ad Interim	Troy Fraser
1st Called Session	Troy Fraser
Ad Interim	Troy Fraser

80th Legislature, 2007-2008
Regular Session	Mario Gallegos
Ad Interim	John Carona

79th Legislature, 2005-2006
Regular Session	Florence Shapiro
Ad Interim	Frank Madla
1st Called Session	Frank Madla
Ad Interim	Frank Madla
2nd Called Session	Frank Madla
Ad Interim	Frank Madla
3rd Called Session	Royce West
Ad Interim	Royce West

78th Legislature, 2003-2004
Regular Session	Eddie Lucio, Jr.
Ad Interim	Jane Nelson
1st Called Session	Jane Nelson
Ad Interim	Jane Nelson
2nd Called Session	Jane Nelson
Ad Interim	Jane Nelson
3rd Called Session	Jane Nelson
Ad Interim	Jane Nelson
4th Called Session	Jeff Wentworth
Ad Interim	Jeff Wentworth

77th Legislature, 2001-2002
Regular Session	Chris Harris
Ad Interim	Mike Moncrief

76th Legislature, 1999-2000
Regular Session	Teel Bivins
Ad Interim	Rodney Ellis

75th Legislature, 1997-1999
Regular Session	Judith Zaffirini
Ad Interim	Bill Ratliff

74th Legislature, 1995-1997
Regular Session	Gonzalo Barrientos
Ad Interim	Ken Armbrister

73rd Legislature, 1993-1995
Regular Session	John T. Montford
Ad Interim	John Whitmire

72nd Legislature, 1991-1993
Regular Session	Robert J. Glasgow
Ad Interim	Don B. Henderson
1st Called Session	Don B. Henderson
Ad Interim	Don B. Henderson
2nd Called Session	Don B. Henderson
Ad Interim	Don B. Henderson
3rd Called Session	William M. Sims
Ad Interim	William M. Sims

71st Legislature, 1989-1991
Regular Session	John N. Leedom
Ad Interim	James E. Brown
1st Called Session	James E. Brown
Ad Interim	James E. Brown
2nd Called Session	Kent A. Caperton
Ad Interim	Craig A. Washington Kent A. Caperton
3rd Called Session	Hugh Q. Parmer
Ad Interim
4th Called Session	M. Robert McFarland
Ad Interim	M. Robert McFarland
5th Called Session	M. Robert McFarland
Ad Interim	M. Robert McFarland
6th Called Session	M. Robert McFarland
Ad Interim	M. Robert McFarland

70th Legislature, 1987-1989
Regular	Carl A. Parker
Ad Interim	Roy M. Blake
1st Called Session	Roy M. Blake
Ad Interim	Roy M. Blake
2nd Called Session	Roy M. Blake
Ad Interim	Roy M. Blake

69th Legislature, 1985-1987
Regular	K. Ray Farabee
Ad Interim	Carlos F. Truan
1st Called Session	Carlos F. Truan
Ad Interim	Carlos F. Truan
2nd Called Session	Carlos F. Truan
Ad Interim	V. Edgar Howard
3rd Called Session	Carlos F. Truan
Ad Interim	Carlos F. Truan

68th Legislature, 1983-1985
Regular Session	J. Grant Jones
Ad Interim	Lloyd A. Doggett, Jr.
1st Called Session	Lloyd A. Doggett, Jr.
Ad Interim	Lloyd A. Doggett, Jr.
2nd Called Session	Lindon Williams
Ad Interim	Lindon Williams

67th Legislature, 1981-1983
Regular Session	John A. Traeger
Ad Interim	Jack C. Ogg
1st Called Session	Jack C. Ogg
Ad Interim	Walter H. Mengden
2nd Called Session	Walter H. Mengden
Ad Interim	Walter H. Mengden
3rd Called Session	John T. Wilson
Ad Interim	John T. Wilson

66th Legislature, 1979-1981
Regular Session	William C. Meier
Ad Interim	William O. Braecklein

65th Legislature, 1977-1979
Regular Session	Elizabeth R. Andujar
Ad Interim	Don G. Adams
1st Called Session	C. Peyton McKnight, Jr.
Ad Interim	Raul L. Longoria

64th Legislature, 1975-1977
Regular Session	Glenn H. Kothmann
Ad Interim	H. Tati Santiesteban

63rd Legislature, 1973-1975
Regular Session	Oscar H. Mauzy
Ad Interim	O.H. (Ike) Harris
1st Called Session	Max R. Sherman
Ad Interim	James P. Wallace

62nd Legislature, 1971-1973
Regular Session	Jack E. Hightower
Ad Interim	Wallace E. (Pete) Snelson
1st Called Session	Wallace E. (Pete) Snelson
Ad Interim	Wallace E. (Pete) Snelson
2nd Called Session	Barbara C. Jordan
Ad Interim	Barbara C. Jordan
3rd Called Session	Chet E. Brooks
Ad Interim	Wayne W. Connally
4th Called Session	Wayne W. Connally
Ad Interim	Charles N. Wilson

61st Legislature, 1969-1971
Regular Session	Don C. Kennard
Ad Interim	Murray Watson, Jr.
1st Called Session	Horace J. (Doc) Blanchard
Ad Interim	James P. Word
2nd Called Session	James P. Word
Ad Interim	Criss Cole

60th Legislature, 1967-1969
Regular Session	William N. Patman
Ad Interim	Ralph M. Hall
1st Called Session	James S. Bates
Ad Interim	D. Roy Harrington

59th Legislature, 1965-1967
Regular Session	Thomas W. Creighton
Ad Interim	Aaron R. (Babe) Schwartz
1st Called Session	Aaron R. (Babe) Schwartz
Ad Interim	C. Galloway Calhoun, Jr.

58th Legislature, 1963-1965
Regular Session	Martin Dies, Jr.
Ad Interim	Louis M. Crump

57th Legislature, 1961-1963
Regular Session	Ray Roberts
Ad Interim	David W. Ratliff
1st Called Session	Preston E. Smith
Ad Interim	Bruce A. Reagan
2nd Called Session	Doyle H. Willis
Ad Interim	Bruce A. Reagan
3rd Called Session	Charles F. Herring
Ad Interim	Culp Krueger

56th Legislature, 1959-1961
Regular Session	George M. Parkhouse
Ad Interim	Rudolph A. Weinert
1st Called Session	Jarrard Secrest
Ad Interim	Jarrard Secrest
2nd Called Session	Andrew J. Rogers
Ad Interim	Andrew J. Rogers
3rd Called Session	Abraham Kazen, Jr.
Ad Interim	Frank Owen III

55th Legislature, 1957-1959
Regular Session	Ottis E. Lock
Ad Interim	Carlos Ashley
1st Called Session	J. Searcy Bracewell, Jr.
Ad Interim	J. Searcy Bracewell, Jr.
2nd Called Session	William T. Moore
Ad Interim	Jep S. Fuller

54th Legislature, 1955-1957
Regular Session	Crawford C. Martin
Ad Interim	Mrs. Neveille H. Colson

53rd Legislature, 1953-1955
Regular Session	Rogers Kelley
Ad Interim	Jimmy Phillips
1st Called Session	Gus J. Strauss
Ad Interim	Dorsey B. Hardeman

52nd Legislature, 1951-1953
Regular Session	Pat M. Bullock
Ad Interim	Howard A. Carney

51st Legislature, 1949-1951
Regular Session	Kyle Vick
Ad Interim	George C. Morris
1st Called Session	Grady Hazlewood
Ad Interim	Wardlow W. Lane

50th Legislature, 1947-1949
Regular Session	Ben Ramsey
Ad Interim	T.C. Chadick

49th Legislature, 1945-1947
Regular Session	George C. Moffett
Ad Interim	William C. Graves

48th Legislature, 1943-1945
Regular Session	Vernon Lemens
Ad Interim	Fred Mauritz
Ad Interim	A.M. Aikin, Jr.

47th Legislature, 1941-1943
Regular Session	Clay Cotten
Ad Interim	Rudolph A. Weinert
1st Called Session	E. Harold Beck
Ad Interim	Henry L. Winfield

46th Legislature, 1939-1941
Regular Session	Weaver Moore
Ad Interim	Albert Stone

45th Legislature, 1937-1939
Regular Session	Will D. Pace
Ad Interim	Claud C. Westerfeld
1st Called Session	Olan R. Van Zandt
Ad Interim	Claude Isbell
2nd Called Session	Robert Allan Shivers
Ad Interim	Benjamin G. Oneal

44th Legislature, 1935-1937
Regular Session	Kenneth M. Regan
Ad Interim	John S. Redditt
1st Called Session	Will M. Martin
Ad Interim	Jim Neal
2nd Called Session	William R. Poage
Ad Interim	Wilbourne B. Collie
3rd Called Session	Roy Sanderford
Ad Interim	Tom A. DeBerry

43rd Legislature, 1933-1935
Regular Session	Walter Frank Woodul
Ad Interim	Nat Patton
1st Called Session	George C. Purl
Ad Interim	Welly K.Hopkins
2nd Called Session	Frank H. Rawlings
Ad Interim	Margie E. Neal
3rd Called Session	Cecil Murphy
Ad Interim	Joe M. Moore
4th Called Session	Walter C Woodward Archie Parr

42nd Legislature, 1931-1933
Regular Session	Carl C. Hardin
Ad Interim	John W.E.H. Beck
1st Called Session	Tom A. DeBerry
Ad Interim	Clint C. Small
2nd Called Session	William E. Thomason
Ad Interim	James W. Stevenson
3rd Called Session	Jacob J. Loy
Ad Interim	Charles S. Gainer
4th Called Session	Oliver C. Cunningham
Ad Interim	H. Grady Woodruff

41st Legislature, 1929-1931
Regular Session	Walter C. Woodward
Ad Interim	Wilfred R. Cousins, Sr.
1st Called Session	Eugene Miller
Ad Interim	Margie E. Neal
2nd Called Session	Pink L. Parrish
Ad Interim	Gus Russek
3rd Called Session	Gus Russek
Ad Interim	Benjamin F. Berkeley
4th Called Session	Edgar E. Witt
Ad Interim	Julian P. Greer
5th Called Session	W. Albert Williamson
Ad Interim	Joe M. Moore

40th Legislature, 1927-1929
Regular Session	Ashley E. Wood
Ad Interim	Thomas J. Holbrook
1st Called Session	Tomas G. Pollard
Ad Interim	Richard S. Bowers

39th Legislature, 1925-1927
Regular Session	Alvin J. Wirtz
Ad Interim	William H. Bledsoe
1st Called Session	James G. Strong
Ad Interim	John Davis

38th Legislature, 1923-1925
Regular Session	Richard M. Dudley Woodville J. Rogers, Jr.
Ad Interim	William E. Watts
1st Called Session	Dan S. McMillin
Ad Interim	Edgar E. Witt
2nd Called Session	Charles Murphy
Ad Interim	Isaac E. Clark
3rd Called Session	Henry L. Lewis
Ad Interim	I.D. Fairchild

37th Legislature, 1921-1923
Regular Session	Paul D. Page
Ad Interim	Charles R. Floyd
1st Called Session	John H. Bailey
Ad Interim	Archie Parr
2nd Called Session	James H. Woods
Ad Interim	Harry Hertzberg

36th Legislature, 1919-1921
Regular Session	Jeff J. Strickland
Ad Interim	George W. Dayton
1st Called Session	James M. Alderdice
Ad Interim	Charles R. Buchanan
2nd Called Session	Paul D. Page
Ad Interim	George M. Hopkins
3rd Called Session	Aaron C. Buchanan
Ad Interim	Ed Westbrook
4th Called Session	Walter D. Caldwell
Ad Interim	Martin Faust

35th Legislature, 1917-1919
Regular Session	John M. Henderson
Ad Interim	Flavious M. Gibson
Ad Interim	Ed Westbrook
1st Called Session	William D. Suiter John H. Bailey
Ad Interim	Claude B. Hudspeth
2nd Called Session	Lon A. Smith
Ad Interim	William L. Dean
Ad Interim	James C. McNealus
3rd Called Session	William L. Dean
Ad Interim	Willard A. Johnson
4th Called Session	Edmond A. Decherd, Jr.
Ad Interim	Rienzi M. Johnston

34th Legislature, 1915-1917
Regular Session	Clinton W. Nugent
Ad Interim	William J. Townsend, Jr.
1st Called Session	James R. Wiley
Ad Interim	Isaac E. Clark

33rd Legislature, 1913-1915
Regular Session	Offa S. Lattimore
Ad Interim	William J. Greer
1st Called Session	Edgar H. Carter
Ad Interim	Vinson A. Collins
2nd Called Session	Robert L. Warren
Ad Interim	James R. Wiley
Ad Interim	Flavious M. Gibson
3rd Called Session	Wright C. Morrow Claude B. Hudspeth
Ad Interim	Charles W. Taylor
Ad Interim	Quintus et U. Watson

32nd Legislature, 1911-1913
Regular Session	Claude B. Hudspeth
Ad Interim	Tom W. Perkins
1st Called Session	Charles V. Terrell
Ad Interim	Earle B. Mayfield

31st Legislature, 1909-1911
Regular Session	James M. Terrell
Ad Interim	Quintus et U. Watson
1st Called Session	Charles L. Brachfield
Ad Interim	Edward I. Kellie
2nd Called Session	William O. Murray
Ad Interim	Alfred J. Harper
3rd Called Session	David M. Alexander
Ad Interim	Henry B. Terrell
4th Called Session	Erasmus G. Senter
Ad Interim	Ferdinand C. Weinert

30th Legislature, 1907-1909
Regular Session	Sidney P. Skinner
Ad Interim	McDonald J. Meachum
1st Called Session	A.P. Barrett
Ad Interim	Benjamin F. Looney

29th Legislature, 1905-1907
Regular Session	William A. Hanger
Ad Interim	John G. Willacy
1st Called Session	John G. Willacy
Ad Interim	John G. Willacy
2nd Called Session	James J. Faulk
Ad Interim	William C. McKamy, Jr.

28th Legislature, 1903-1905
Regular Session	Asbury Bascom Davidson John G. Willacy
Ad Interim	Robert V. Davidson
1st Called Session	Robert V. Davidson
Ad Interim	George W. Savage

27th Legislature, 1901-1903
Regular Session	Barry Miller
Ad Interim	George D. Neal
1st Called Session	George D. Neal
Ad Interim	Daniel W. O'Dell
2nd Called Session	Daniel W. O'Dell
Ad Interim	Asbury Bascom Davidson
Ad Interim	Calhoun L. Potter

26th Legislature, 1899-1901
Regular Session	Robert N. Stafford
Ad Interim	William W. Turney
1st Called Session	William W. Turney

25th Legislature, 1897-1899
Regular Session	Joseph B. Dibrell
Ad Interim	James R. Gough
1st Called Session	James R. Gough

24th Legislature, 1895-1897
Regular Session	Perry J. Lewis
Ad Interim	James D. Woods
1st Called Session	James D. Woods

23rd Legislature, 1893-1895
Regular Session	John G. Kearby
Ad Interim	Edwin A. Atlee, Jr.

22nd Legislature, 1891-1893
Regular Session	John W. Cranford
Ad Interim	Ernst G. Maetze
1st Called Session	Louis N. Frank
Ad Interim	Robert Henry Burney

21st Legislature, 1889-1891
Regular Session	Henry D. McDonald
Ad Interim	William H. Burges

20th Legislature, 1887-1889
Regular Session	William H. Pope Caleb J. Garrison
1st Called	John Woods

19th Legislature, 1885-1887
Regular Session	William R. Shannon
Ad Interim	Constantine B. Kilgore

18th Legislature, 1883-1885
Regular Session	Augustus W. Houston
Ad Interim	S. Bronson Cooper
1st Called Session	S. Bronson Cooper

17th Legislature, 1881-1883
Regular Session	John Young Gooch
Ad Interim	Francis Marion Martin
1st Called Session	Francis Marion Martin

16th Legislature, 1879-1881
Regular Session	Edwin Hobby
Ad Interim	Leonidas J. Storey
1st Called Session	Leonidas J. Storey

15th Legislature, 1876-1879
Regular Session	Wells Thompson

14th Legislature, 1874-1876
Regular Session	John Ireland
2nd Regular Session	John Ireland

13th Legislature, 1873-1874
Regular Session	Edward B. Pickett

12th Legislature, 1870-1873
Provisional Session
Called Session	Donald Campbell
Regular Session
Adjourned Session	Webster Flanagan Albert J. Fountain

11th Legislature, 1866-1870
Regular Session	Robert Henry Guinn

10th Legislature, 1863-1866
Regular Session	Robert Henry Guinn
1st Called Session
2nd Called Session

9th Legislature, 1861-1863
Regular Session	Robert Henry Guinn
1st Called Session	Robert Henry Guinn

8th Legislature, 1859-1861
Regular Session	Jesse Grimes
1st Called Session
Adjourned Session

7th Legislature, 1857-1859
Regular Session	Marion DeKalb Taylor
Ad Interim Session	Samuel A. Maverick

6th Legislature, 1855-1857
Regular Session	Jesse Grimes
Adjourned Session	Jesse Grimes

5th Legislature, 1853-1855
Regular Session	Marion DeKalb Taylor Guy Morrison Bryan

4th Legislature, 1851-1853
Regular Session	Edward Burleson
1st Called Session	Jesse Grimes

3rd Legislature, 1849-1851
Regular Session	Edward Burleson
1st Called Session	Edward Burleson
2nd Called Session

2nd Legislature, 1847-1849
Regular Session	Edward Burleson

1st Legislature, 1846
Regular Session	Edward Burleson

Sources:
Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845, Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-1992. [Austin, Tex.]: Senate Engrossing and Enrolling, Senate Reproduction, [1992].
Secretary of the Senate