<page_title> List of Governors of Texas </page_title> <section_title> Governors of Texas </section_title> <table> <cell> 36 <col_header> # </col_header> </cell> <cell> Beauford H. Jester January 12, 1893 – July 11, 1949 (Aged 56) <col_header> Governor </col_header> </cell> <cell> January 21, 1947 – July 11, 1949 <col_header> Governor </col_header> </cell> </table>
Beauford Halbert Jester (January 12, 1893 – July 11, 1949) was the 36th Governor of Texas, serving from 1947 until his death in office in 1949.