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'''Monte Latimer Monroe''' (born July 28, 1954)<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/monte-monroe/montelatimermonroe|title=Monte Monroe|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 30, 2018}}</ref> is the official historian for the U.S. state of [[Texas]]. An archivist with the Southwestern Collection and a faculty member at [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], Monroe was appointed state historian by [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]] for a term which expired on September 26, 2020.<ref name=appointment>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Texas-Gov-Greg-Abbott-Appoints-Monte-Monroe-as-the-Texas-State-Historian-494396791.html|title=Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Appoints State Historian|publisher=NBC in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas|date=September 26, 2018|accessdate=October `1, 2018}}</ref> Then in 2020, Abbott renewed the appointment for a second two-year term.
'''Monte Latimer Monroe''' (born July 28, 1954)<ref name=mylife>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/monte-monroe/montelatimermonroe|title=Monte Monroe|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 30, 2018}}</ref> is the official historian for the U.S. state of [[Texas]]. An archivist with the Southwestern Collection and a faculty member at [[Texas Tech University]] in [[Lubbock]], Monroe was appointed state historian by [[Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]] for a term which expired on September 26, 2020.<ref name=appointment>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Texas-Gov-Greg-Abbott-Appoints-Monte-Monroe-as-the-Texas-State-Historian-494396791.html|title=Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Appoints State Historian|publisher=NBC in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas|date=September 26, 2018|accessdate=October `1, 2018}}</ref> Then in 2020, Abbott renewed the appointment for a second two-year term.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ktre.com/2020/10/01/governor-abbott-reappoints-monte-monroe-lubbock-texas-state-historian/
|title=Governor Abbott reappoints Monte Monroe of Lubbock as the Texas state historian|publisher=KTRE-TV|date=October 1, 2020|accessdate=January 14, 2024}}</ref>
Monroe was the son of Fred Junior Monroe (1923-2015), a native of [[Iowa]], and the former Laura Belle Merriweather (1925-2002). He is married to the former Laura J. Pitcher.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=+Monte_Monroe&event=_lubbock-lubbock-texas-usa_77806&birth=1954|title=Monte Monroe|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=April 29, 2019}}</ref>
Monroe was the son of Fred Junior Monroe (1923-2015), a native of [[Iowa]], and the former Laura Belle Merriweather (1925-2002). He is married to the former Laura J. Pitcher.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=+Monte_Monroe&event=_lubbock-lubbock-texas-usa_77806&birth=1954|title=Monte Monroe|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate=April 29, 2019}}</ref>