Joseph D. Sayers

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Joseph Draper Sayers (September 23, 1841 — May 15, 1929) was Governor of Texas from 1899 to 1903. During Sayers's term, the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 demolished that city.

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• Joseph Draper Sayers from the Handbook of Texas Online

Preceded by Reinhard Hillebrand	Texas Senate, District 26 1873–1874	Succeeded by William Hamilton Ledbetter
Preceded by Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr.	Lieutenant Governor of Texas 1879–1881	Succeeded by Leonidas Jefferson Storey
Preceded by John Hancock	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 10th congressional district 1885–1893	Succeeded by Walter Gresham
Preceded by Edwin Le Roy Anthony	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 9th congressional district 1893–1899	Succeeded by Albert S. Burleson
Preceded by Charles A. Culberson	Governor of Texas 1899–1903	Succeeded by S.W.T. Lanham

Governors of Texas

J.P. Henderson • Wood • Bell • J.W. Henderson • Pease • Runnels • Houston • Clark • Lubbock • Murrah • Stockdale • Hamilton • Throckmorton • Pease • Davis • Coke • Hubbard • Roberts • Ireland • Ross • Hogg • Culberson • Sayers • Lanham • Campbell • Colquitt • J. Ferguson • Hobby • Neff • M. Ferguson • Moody • Sterling • M. Ferguson • Allred • O'Daniel • Stevenson • Jester • Shivers • Daniel • Connally • Smith • Briscoe • Clements • White • Clements • Richards • Bush • Perry