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| | Lieutenant Governors of Texas - Texas State Library |
 | | In August of 1867, General Philip H. Sheridan, commander of the 5th military district, removed Governor Throckmorton, Lt. Governor Jones, and other Texas officials from office, labeling them "impediments to reconstruction." Elisha M. Pease was made the provisional governor, but during his term there was no lieutenant governor, and the legislature did not meet. |
 | | James W. Flanagan was elected lieutenant governor in 1869, but in 1870, the Legislature appointed him to the U.S. Senate. |
 | | Hubbard took a leave of absence from his duties as president of the senate on Aug. 9, 1876, and assumed the duties of the governor on December 1, 1876, when Governor Coke resigned. |
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