Poet Laureate of Texas

The Poet Laureate of Texas is the poet laureate for the U.S. state of Texas.

List of Poets Laureate

 * 1932-1934 - Judd Mortimer Lewis
 * 1934-1936 - Aline T. Michaelis
 * 1936-1939 - Grace Noll Crowell
 * 1939-1941 - Lexie Dean Robertson
 * 1941-1943 - Nancy Richey Ranson
 * 1943-1945 - Dollilee Davis Smith
 * 1945-1947 - David Riley Russell
 * 1947-1949 - Aline B. Carter
 * 1949-1951 - Carlos Ashley
 * 1951-1953 - Arthur M. Sampley
 * 1953-1955 - Mildred Lindsey Raiborn
 * 1955-1957 - Pierre Bernard Hill
 * 1957-1959 - Margaret Royalty Edwards
 * 1959-1961 - J. V. Chandler
 * 1961 - Lorena Simon
 * 1962 - Marvin Davis Winsett
 * 1963 - Gwendolyn Bennett Pappas
 * 1964-1965 - Jenny Lind Porter
 * 1966 - Bessie Maas Rowe
 * 1967 - William. E. Bard
 * 1968 - Kathryn Henry Harris
 * 1969-1970 - Anne B. Marely
 * 1970-1971 - Robby K. Mitchell
 * 1971-1972 - Terry Fontenot
 * 1972-1973 - Mrs. Clark Gresham
 * 1973-1974 - Violette Newton
 * 1974-1975 - Lila Todd O'Neil
 * 1975-1976 - Ethel Osborn Hill
 * 1976-1977 - Florice Stripling Jeffers
 * 1977-1978 - Ruth Carruth
 * 1978-1979 - Patsy Stodghill
 * 1979-1980 - Dorothy B. Elfstroman
 * 1980-1981 - Weems S. Dykes
 * 1982-1983 - William D. Barney
 * 1987-1988 - Ruth E. Reuther
 * 1988-1989 - Vassar Miller
 * 1993-1995 - Mildred Vorpahl Baass
 * 2000 - James Hoggard
 * 2001 - Walter McDonald
 * 2003 - Jack Elliott Myers
 * 2004 - Cleatus Rattan
 * 2005 - Alan Birkelbach
 * 2006 - Red Steagall
 * 2007 - Steven Fromholz
 * 2008 - Larry D. Thomas
 * 2009 - Paul Ruffin
 * 2010 - Karla K. Morton
 * 2011 - David M. Parsons
 * 2012 - Jan Seale

Referemces

 * https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/poets.html