Category
page 1Politicians from Houston
Ted Cruz
American politician (born 1970)
Greg Abbott
Governor of Texas since 2015
John Connally
United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1971 to 1972, Governor of Texas 1963 to 1969
John Cornyn
American politician and attorney (born 1952)
Lloyd Bentsen
American politician (1921–2006)
Dan Crenshaw
American politician and former Navy SEAL (born 1984)
Al Green
U.S. Representative from Texas
Oveta Culp Hobby
US Army officer and government official (1905-1995)
Mark White
American politician (1940-2017)
John Tower
American senator from Texas and chairman of the Tower Commission (1925-1991)
Margaret Spellings
8th United States Secretary of Education
Colin Allred
American politician and former NFL player (born 1983)
George P. Bush
American businessman (born 1976)
Donald Evans
American cabinet official
Barbara Comstock
former U.S. Representative from Virginia
John Culberson
American politician (1956-)
Robert Mosbacher
American businessman, yacht racer and politician (1927-2010)
Francis Lubbock
Governor of Texas, 1857-1859
Sylvia Garcia
American politician
Anson Jones
Texan politician (1798-1858)
Greg Casar
American politician (born 1989)
Bill Flores
American politician
Gene Green
American politician
Dan Patrick
Lieutenant Governor of Texas since 2015
August Pfluger
American military officer and politician (born 1977)
Hushang Ansary
Iranian-American politician and businessman (1927–2026)
William Reynolds Archer
American politician
Ross S. Sterling
American politician (1875-1949)
William Pettus Hobby, Sr.
American politician; Governor of Texas, 1917-1921
Suhas Subramanyam
American politician (born 1986)
Steve Stockman
American politician
Charles Duncan, Jr.
U.S. Secretary of Energy (1926–2022)
Morgan Luttrell
American politician (born 1975)
Wesley Hunt
American politician (born 1981)
Mickey Leland
American politician (1944-1989)
Robert R. Casey
American politician in Texas (1915-1986)
Craig Washington
American politician
William L. Clayton
American businessperson (1880-1966)
Erica Lee Carter
American politician
John Kirby Allen
Co-founder of Houston, Texas in 1836
Al Edwards
American politician (1937–2020)
Helena Moreno
American politician (born 1977)
Jack Fields
American politician
Christian Menefee
American attorney and politician (born 1988)
Gene Wu
American politician (born 1978)
Andrew Briscoe
American politician (1810-1849)
Thomas L. Blanton
American politician (1872–1957)
Lera Millard Thomas
American politician (1900-1993)
K. A. Paul
Indian Christian evangelist (1963-)
Mario Gallegos Jr.
American politician (1950-2012)
Kathryn J. Whitmire
American politician
Michael A. Andrews
American congressman for Texas
Bill Sarpalius
American politician and lobbyist
A. Jeff McLemore
American politician (1857-1929)
Fred Hofheinz
American politician
Ken Bentsen, Jr.
American politician
Lauren McLean
mayor of Boise, ID