| Francis Marion Martin | |
| Order: | 14th |
| Office: | Lieutenant Governor of Texas |
| Term Start: | January 16, 1883 |
| Term End: | January 20, 1885 |
| Governor: | John Ireland |
| Predecessor: | Leonidas Jefferson Storey |
| Successor: | Barnett Gibbs |
| State Senate1: | Texas |
| Term Start1: | November 7, 1859 |
| Term End1: | November 4, 1861 |
| Constituency1: | 22nd district |
| Term Start2: | January 14, 1879 |
| Term End2: | January 9, 1883 |
| Constituency2: | 14th district |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 1830 |
| Birth Place: | Livingston County, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Children: | 10 |
Francis Marion Martin (April 1, 1830 – June 11, 1903) was an American clerk, rancher, and politician who served as the 14th lieutenant governor of Texas from 1883 to 1885. A member of the Democratic Party,[1] he served in the Texas Senate and the Confederate States Army.[2] Martin was a Populist and a Prohibitionist who drew support from various parties.[3]
Francis Marion Martin was born in Livingston County, Kentucky to James and Elizabeth (née Cofield) Martin on April 1, 1830. They died while he was young, and Martin was raised by William Northern Hodge.[4] In 1850, Martin married Hodge's daughter, eventually having seven children with her.[3]
Martin served in the Texas Senate from 1859 to 1861 and again from 1879 to 1883. In between his terms in the state senate, he was a delegate to the Texas constitutional convention in 1875. Martin served as the 14th lieutenant governor of Texas from January 16, 1883, to January 20, 1885, under John Ireland.[1] In his later life, he served as mayor of Cleburne, Texas.[4] Martin passed away on June 11, 1903, and was buried in Corsicana, Texas.[3]