Francis Richard Lubbock (16 October 1815-22 June 1905) was the Democratic Governor of Texas from 7 November 1861 to 5 November 1863, succeeding Edward Clark and preceding Pendleton Murrah.
Biography[]
Francis Richard Lubbock was born in Beaufort, South Carolina in 1815, and he was raised in Charleston. He moved to Texas in 1836, and he served as comptroller of the Republic of Texas under Sam Houston. Lubbock served as Lieutenant Governor from 1857 to 1859 and as Governor form 1861 to 1863, supporting Confederate conscription (including resident aliens) during the American Civil War. In October 1862, he presided over the mass hanging of 42 suspected Unionist. When Lubbock's term ended in 1863, he served in the Confederate States Army, rising to the rank of Colonel and accompanying Jefferson Davis on his flight from Richmond to Georgia in April 1865. After the war, he engaged in business in Houston and Galveston, and he served as State Treasurer of Texas from 1878 to 1891.