The 1836 Texas Constitution prevented ministers from holding state elective office.
It's in Article 5, Section 1.
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Here's the language:
ARTICLE V.
SEC. 1.
Ministers of the gospel being, by their profession, dedicated to God and the care of souls, ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions, therefore, no minister of the gospel or priest of any denomination whatever shall be eligible to the office of the Executive of the Republic, nor to a seat of either branch of the Congress of the same.
