In the textbook, Lone Star Politics, it states that “Texans distrust the executive authority” (156) and that cannot be any truer. This distrust began since the experiences of the American colonists under the rule of the British King and result to that was most states in America had fragile executives so they gave the power to the legislative branch. It’s embedded in the history of Texas where the residents lack faith in the Texas government. But as the years went by, the state grew the power of the governor and gave him/her the extent to do more, but that still didn’t change the fact that they weren’t up to date on “modern Texas” (156-157) Since the early statehood of Texas, it has been governed by a numerous amount of male figures. The state has had around forty-eight governors since the beginning of Texas government, like James Pinkney Henderson as the first governor to the present time of modern Texas, Gregory W. Abbott. …show more content…
They were all traditionally white, rich and protestant political leaders who had more of an advantage to take charge than someone else who had the opposite informal characteristics. They were middle-age individuals with past experience in the political area and had “some higher education-mostly in law- and most Texas governors have also had military experience” (158) which included the Texas National Guard, U.S. Army or Navy. To be the Texas governor, it was required for them to be a resident for five years, and to be a U.S citizen. All of these characteristics and qualifications were the commonalities between these