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Dolph Briscoe Jr. (April 23, 1923 – June 27, 2010) was an American rancher and businessman from Uvalde, Texas, who was the 41st governor of Texas between 1973 and 1979. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Because of his re-election following an amendment to the Texas Constitution doubling the Governor's term to four years, Briscoe became ...
Feb 15, 2011 · Briscoe, Dolph, Jr. (1923–2010). Dolph Briscoe, Jr., rancher, businessman, legislator, and the forty-first governor of Texas, was born on April 23, 1923, in Uvalde. He was the only child of Dolph Briscoe, Sr., and Georgie Briscoe. He grew up in Uvalde and graduated from Uvalde High School as valedictorian. While a student at the University of ...
Dolph Briscoe Jr. (1923–2010), who served as Texas governor from 1973 to 1979, led a distinguished career in public service, business, and ranching. A lifelong resident of Uvalde, Texas, Briscoe was first elected to the Texas Legislature in 1948 and served as a state representative from 1949 to 1957. As part of the reform movement in state ...
Dolph Briscoe, a successful rancher, oilman, banker, protégé of Vice President John Nance Garner, and former governor of Texas (1973–79), donated his papers to the Center for American History. The center also published his memoir, Dolph Briscoe: My Life in Texas Ranching and Politics , in 2008.
Jul 2, 2010 · by David Richards. July 1, 2010, 7:30 PM, CDT. Former Gov. Dolph Briscoe, who died on Sunday at 87, was first and foremost a decent and honorable man, qualities that seem in short supply these ...
Dolph Briscoe Jr. (April 23, 1923 – June 27, 2010) was an American rancher and businessman from Uvalde, Texas, who was the 41st governor of Texas between 1973 and 1979. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
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DOLPH BRISCOE, JR. was born in Uvalde, Texas. A 1943 graduate of the University of Texas, Governor Briscoe served in the China-Burma-India theatre during World War II. He was named Outstanding Conservation Rancher in Texas in 1958. That year, he was named one of five Outstanding Young Texans by the Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce. […]
