Note: In 1939, the presidents were renumbered; there is no explanation for this in the Transactions of the House of Delegates.
No.
|
Name of President
|
Term of Office
|
Place of Practice
|
| |
Joseph Taylor
|
January 1853
|
Marshall
|
| |
George Cupples (Founding)
|
November 1853
|
San Antonio
|
1
|
Thomas J. Heard
|
1868-1869
|
Galveston
|
2
|
Richard Harrison Jones
|
1870-1871
|
Brenham (Wills Point)
|
3
|
David R. Wallace
|
1871-1872
|
Waco
|
4
|
R. T. Flewellen
|
1872-1873
|
Houston
|
5
|
David Finney Stuart
|
1873-1874
|
Houston
|
6
|
Albert Gallatin Clopton
|
1874-1875
|
Jefferson
|
7
|
Henry Wyer Brown
|
1875-1876
|
Waco
|
8
|
Robert H. Harrison
|
1876-1877
|
Columbus
|
9
|
W. D. Kelley
|
1877-1878
|
Galveston
|
10
|
George Cupples
|
1878-1879
|
San Antonio
|
11
|
John H. Pope
|
1879-1880
|
Marshall
|
12
|
Andrew Robert Kilpatrick
|
1880-1881
|
Navasota
|
13
|
Ashbel Smith
|
1881-1882
|
Cedar Bayou
|
14
|
Silas F. Starley
|
1882-1883
|
Tyler
|
15
|
Alexander Porter Brown
|
1883-1884
|
Jefferson
|
16
|
Henry Clay Ghent
|
1884-1885
|
Belton
|
17
|
E. P. Becton
|
1885-1886
|
Sulphur Springs
|
18
|
T. H. Nott
|
1886-1887
|
Goliad
|
19
|
Sam R. Burroughs
|
1887-1888
|
Buffalo
|
20
|
John Fannin Young Paine
|
1888-1889
|
Galveston
|
21
|
Richard M. Swearingen
|
1889-1890
|
Austin
|
22
|
William Paxton Burts
|
1890-1891
|
Fort Worth
|
23
|
William Henderson Wilkes
|
1891-1892
|
Waco
|
24
|
James D. Osborn
|
1892-1893
|
Cleburne
|
25
|
John Henry Sears
|
1893-1894
|
Waco
|
26
|
James Wharton McLaughlin
|
1894-1895
|
Austin
|
27
|
P. C. Coleman
|
1895-1896
|
Colorado
|
28
|
James Campbell Loggins
|
1896-1897
|
Ennis
|
29
|
Bacon Saunders
|
1897-1898
|
Fort Worth
|
30
|
J. T. Wilson
|
1898-1899
|
Sherman
|
31
|
Asa B. Gardner
|
1899-1900
|
Bellville
|
32
|
Berthold Ernest Hadra
|
1900-1901
|
Waco
|
33
|
Taylor Hudson
|
1901-1902
|
Belton
|
34
|
Samuel Clark Red
|
1902-1903
|
Houston
|
35
|
Frank Paschal
|
1903-1904
|
San Antonio
|
36
|
F. E. Daniel
|
1904-1905
|
Austin
|
37
|
J. E. Gilcreest
|
1905-1906
|
Gainesville
|
38
|
Garland Ben Foscue
|
1906-1907
|
Waco
|
39
|
Charles E. Cantrell
|
1907-1908
|
Greenville
|
40
|
Hatch Whitfield Cummings Sr.
|
1908-1909
|
Hearne
|
41
|
Witten Booth Russ
|
1909-1910
|
San Antonio
|
42
|
John T. Moore
|
1910-1911
|
Houston/Galveston
|
43
|
David R. Fly
|
1911, died in office
|
Fort Worth
|
44
|
J. H. McCracken
|
1911-1912
|
Mineral Wells
|
45
|
John Shade Turner
|
1912-1913
|
Dallas/Fort Worth
|
46
|
Marvin Lee Graves
|
1913-1914
|
Waco/San Antonio
|
47
|
Franklin Douglas Boyd
|
1914-1915
|
Fort Worth
|
48
|
George H. Moody
|
1915-1916
|
San Antonio
|
49
|
J. M. Inge
|
1916-1917
|
Denton
|
50
|
Edward Henry Cary
|
1917-1918
|
Dallas
|
51
|
S. P. Rice
|
1918-1919
|
Marlin
|
52
|
Robert W. Knox
|
1919-1920
|
Houston
|
53
|
Ira Carleton Chase
|
1920-1921
|
Fort Worth
|
54
|
Thomas Joseph Bennett
|
1921-1922
|
Austin
|
55
|
Joe Becton
|
1922-1923
|
Greenville
|
56
|
Arthur Carroll Scott
|
1923-1924
|
Temple
|
57
|
Murff Franklin Bledsoe
|
1924-1925
|
Port Arthur
|
58
|
C. M. Rosser
|
1925-1926
|
Dallas
|
59
|
William Keiller
|
1926-1927
|
Galveston
|
60
|
Joseph Gilbert
|
1927-1928
|
Austin
|
61
|
Felix P. Miller
|
1928-1929
|
El Paso
|
62
|
Joe E. Dildy
|
1929, died in office
|
Brownwood
|
63
|
Don Juan Jenkins
|
1929-1930
|
Daingerfield
|
64
|
John W. Burns
|
1930-1931
|
Cuero
|
65
|
John O. McReynolds
|
1931-1932
|
Dallas
|
66
|
John H. Foster
|
1932-1933
|
Houston
|
67
|
Alonzo Alverly Ross
|
1933-1934
|
Lockhart
|
68
|
Samuel Evans Thompson
|
1934-1935
|
Kerrville
|
69
|
John Hill Burleson
|
1935-1936
|
San Antonio
|
70
|
Howard Rush Dudgeon Sr.
|
1936-1937
|
Waco
|
71
|
Calvin Richards Hannah
|
1937-1938
|
Dallas
|
72
|
Ernst William Bertner
|
1938-1939
|
Houston
|
75
|
Leopold Hiram Reeves
|
1939-1940
|
Fort Worth
|
76
|
Preston Hunt
|
1940-1941
|
Texarkana
|
77
|
Neil Dugald Buie
|
1941-1942
|
Marlin
|
78
|
Judson Ludwell Taylor
|
1942-1943
|
Houston
|
79
|
Charles Scott Venable
|
1943-1944
|
San Antonio
|
80
|
Herschel Frank Connally Sr.
|
1944-1945,
1945-1946
|
Waco
|
81
|
Claude Carr Cody Jr.
|
1946-1947
|
Houston
|
82
|
Britton Elbridge Pickett Sr.
|
1947-1948
|
Carrizo Springs
|
83
|
Tate Miller
|
1948-1949
|
Dallas
|
84
|
George Valter Brindley
|
1949-1950
|
Temple
|
85
|
William Mooney Gambrell
|
1950-1951
|
Austin
|
86
|
Allen T. Stewart
|
1951-1952
|
Lubbock
|
87
|
Truman Connor Terrell
|
1952-1953
|
Fort Worth
|
88
|
George Turner
|
1953-1954
|
El Paso
|
89
|
F. J. L. Blasingame
|
1954-1955
|
Wharton
|
90
|
Joel Layton Cochran
|
1955-1956
|
San Antonio
|
91
|
Milford Owen Rouse
|
1956-1957
|
Dallas
|
92
|
Charles Denton Kerr
|
1957-1958
|
Houston
|
93
|
Howard O. Smith
|
1958-1959
|
Marlin
|
94
|
Franklin William Yeager
|
1959-1960
|
Corpus Christi
|
95
|
May Owen
|
1960-1961
|
Fort Worth
|
96
|
Harvey Renger
|
1961-1962
|
Hallettsville
|
97
|
George Waldron
|
1962-1963
|
Houston
|
98
|
Robert Mayo Tenery
|
1963-1964
|
Waxahachie
|
99
|
Max E. Johnson
|
1964-1965
|
San Antonio
|
100
|
David Wade
|
1965-1966
|
Austin
|
101
|
James D. Murphy
|
1966-1967
|
Fort Worth
|
102
|
Howard Rush Dudgeon Jr.
|
1967-1968
|
Waco
|
103
|
George Valter Brindley Jr.
|
1968-1969
|
Temple
|
104
|
Charles Max Cole
|
1969-1970
|
Dallas
|
105
|
Walter Walthall
|
1970-1971
|
San Antonio
|
106
|
James H. Sammons
|
1971-1972
|
Baytown
|
| 107 |
S. Braswell Locker
|
1972-1973
|
Brownwood
|
108
|
Charles Ballard Dryden
|
1973-1974
|
Wichita Falls
|
109
|
Ed W. Schmidt
|
1974-1975
|
Pecos
|
110
|
Nym Lou Barker Jr.
|
1975-1976
|
Paris
|
111
|
Leone Sanders Thompson Jr.
|
1976-1977
|
Dallas
|
112
|
John Marvin Smith Jr.
|
1977-1978
|
San Antonio
|
113
|
Mylie Eugene Durham Jr.
|
1978-1979
|
Houston
|
114
|
Mario Efrain Ramirez
|
1979-1980
|
Rio Grande City
|
115
|
Durwood Earnest Neal
|
1980-1981
|
Fort Worth
|
116
|
William Ferdinand Ross
|
1981-1982
|
Dallas
|
117
|
Ruth Marie Bain
|
1982-1983
|
Austin
|
118
|
Milton Victor Davis
|
1983-1984
|
Dallas
|
119
|
George Gambrell Alexander
|
1984-1985
|
Houston
|
120
|
D. Clifford Burross
|
1985-1986
|
Wichita Falls
|
121
|
Jim Bob Brame
|
1986-1987
|
Eldorado
|
122
|
David Vanderpool
|
1987-1988
|
Dallas
|
123
|
Valington Fontain Borum
|
1988-1989
|
Fort Worth
|
124
|
Max Camille Butler
|
1989-1990
|
Houston
|
125
|
Wm. Gordon McGee
|
1990-1991
|
El Paso
|
126
|
Sam A. Nixon
|
1991-1992
|
Houston
|
127
|
William G. Gamel
|
1992-1993
|
Austin
|
128
|
Robert Mayo Tenery Jr.
|
1993-1994
|
Dallas
|
129
|
Betty Pearce Stephenson
|
1994-1995
|
Houston
|
130
|
Mark J. Kubala
|
1995-1996
|
Beaumont
|
131
|
Hugh Lamensdorf
|
1996-1997
|
Fort Worth
|
132
|
Phil Hunter Berry Jr.
|
1997-1998
|
Dallas
|
133
|
John Prentice Howe III
|
1998-1999
|
San Antonio
|
134
|
Alan Carl Baum
|
1999-2000
|
Houston
|
135
|
J. James Rohack
|
2000-2001
|
Temple
|
| 136 |
Tom B. Hancher |
2001-2002
|
Columbus |
| 137 |
Frederick L. Merian |
2002-2003
|
Victoria |
| 138 |
Charles W. Bailey Jr. |
2003-2004
|
Houston |
| 139 |
Bohn D. Allen |
2004-2005
|
Arlington |
| 140 |
Robert T. Gunby Jr. |
2005-2006
|
Dallas |
| 141 |
Ladon V. Homer |
2006-2007
|
Fort Worth |
142
|
William W. Hinchey, MD
|
2007-2008
|
San Antonio
|
143
|
Josie R. Williams, MD
|
2008-2009
|
Bryan |
| 144 |
William Fleming III, MD
|
2009-2010
|
Houston |
145
|
Susan Rudd Bailey, MD
|
2010-2011
|
Fort Worth
|
| 146 |
C. Bruce Malone, MD |
2011-2012
|
Austin |
| 147 |
Michael E. Speer, MD |
2012-2013
|
Houston |
| 148 |
Stephen L. Brotherton, MD |
2013-2014 |
Forth Worth |
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