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{{Infobox Governor
|birth=Dolph Briscoe, Jr.
|image=
|office=41st [[Governor]] of [[Texas]]
|term_start=January 16, 1973
|term_end=January 16, 1979
|predecessor=[[Preston Smith]]
|successor=[[Bill Clements]]
|office2=Texas State Representative for District 79
|term_start2=January 13, 1953
|term_end2=January 8, 1957
|predecessor2=Ligon L. Holstein
|successor2=Jack Richardson
|office3=Texas State Representative for District 77
|term_start3=January 11, 1949
|term_end3=January 13, 1953
|predecessor3=Britton T. Edwards
|successor3=A.J. Bishop, Jr.
|birth_date=April 23, 1923
|birth_place=Uvalde, Texas
|death_date=June 27, 2010 (aged 87)
|death_place=Uvalde, Texas
|resting_place=Briscoe Rio Frio Ranch Cemetery in Uvalde County, Texas
|spouse=Betty Jane "Janey" Briscoe (married 1942–2000, her death)
|children= aney Briscoe Marmion <br> Dolph Briscoe, III<br> Cele Briscoe Carpenter
|alma_mater=[[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]
|profession=Rancher, businessman<br>
[[United States Army]] in [[World War II]] (1942-1945)
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|residence=Uvalde, Texas
}}
'''Dolph Briscoe, Jr.''' (April 23, 1923 – June 27, 2010), was an [[United States|American]] [[rancher]] and [[business]]man who was the 41st [[governor]] of his native [[Texas]], with service as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from 1973 to 1979.
Because of his re-election following an amendment to the Texas Constitution that doubled the term of the governor from two to four years, Briscoe became both the last governor to serve a two-year term and the first to complete a four-year term.
He was a lifelong resident of Uvalde, located eighty-four miles west of [[San Antonio]]. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1949 to 1957. He was considered a reformer and benefited from the political fallout of the Sharpstown banking scandal of 1971. He won the 1972 gubernatorial race over several major opponents, including fellow Democrats, sitting Governor [[Preston Smith]] and House Speaker Benjamin Barnes, and then the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state Senator [[Henry C. Grover]] of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. Texas grew rapidly in many sectors of the economy during the Briscoe years. After his two gubernatorial terms, Briscoe returned to the ranching and banking business in Uvalde.
Briscoe lost his bid for nomination to a third term in 1978 to fellow Democrat John Luke Hill, who then was narrowly defeated for the office by Republican [[Bill Clements]]. Briscoe was the last Texas Democrat to earn reelection to the office. His two successor Democrats, [[Mark White]] and [[Ann Richards]], lost their reelection bids, respectively, in 1986 to Clements and in 1994 to [[George W. Bush]].
Briscoe's political mentors included [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], [[Vice President of the United Statesw|Vice President]] [[John Nance Garner]], U.S. House Speaker [[Sam Rayburn]], and Governor Ross Sterling. In later years, he became personally close to Republican Governor [[Rick Perry]].
Before his death, Briscoe established the Dolph and Janey Briscoe Fund for Texas History at the [[University of Texas at Austin]].
He also refurbished a [[Victoria]]n mansion in Uvalde into the Janey Slaughter Briscoe Grand Opera House.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Briscoe, Dolph}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Texas Governors]]
[[Category:Democratic Governors]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War II]]
|birth=Dolph Briscoe, Jr.
|image=
|office=41st [[Governor]] of [[Texas]]
|term_start=January 16, 1973
|term_end=January 16, 1979
|predecessor=[[Preston Smith]]
|successor=[[Bill Clements]]
|office2=Texas State Representative for District 79
|term_start2=January 13, 1953
|term_end2=January 8, 1957
|predecessor2=Ligon L. Holstein
|successor2=Jack Richardson
|office3=Texas State Representative for District 77
|term_start3=January 11, 1949
|term_end3=January 13, 1953
|predecessor3=Britton T. Edwards
|successor3=A.J. Bishop, Jr.
|birth_date=April 23, 1923
|birth_place=Uvalde, Texas
|death_date=June 27, 2010 (aged 87)
|death_place=Uvalde, Texas
|resting_place=Briscoe Rio Frio Ranch Cemetery in Uvalde County, Texas
|spouse=Betty Jane "Janey" Briscoe (married 1942–2000, her death)
|children= aney Briscoe Marmion <br> Dolph Briscoe, III<br> Cele Briscoe Carpenter
|alma_mater=[[University of Texas]] at [[Austin]]
|profession=Rancher, businessman<br>
[[United States Army]] in [[World War II]] (1942-1945)
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]
|residence=Uvalde, Texas
}}
'''Dolph Briscoe, Jr.''' (April 23, 1923 – June 27, 2010), was an [[United States|American]] [[rancher]] and [[business]]man who was the 41st [[governor]] of his native [[Texas]], with service as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from 1973 to 1979.
Because of his re-election following an amendment to the Texas Constitution that doubled the term of the governor from two to four years, Briscoe became both the last governor to serve a two-year term and the first to complete a four-year term.
He was a lifelong resident of Uvalde, located eighty-four miles west of [[San Antonio]]. He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1949 to 1957. He was considered a reformer and benefited from the political fallout of the Sharpstown banking scandal of 1971. He won the 1972 gubernatorial race over several major opponents, including fellow Democrats, sitting Governor [[Preston Smith]] and House Speaker Benjamin Barnes, and then the [[Republican Party|Republican]] state Senator [[Henry C. Grover]] of [[Houston, Texas|Houston]]. Texas grew rapidly in many sectors of the economy during the Briscoe years. After his two gubernatorial terms, Briscoe returned to the ranching and banking business in Uvalde.
Briscoe lost his bid for nomination to a third term in 1978 to fellow Democrat John Luke Hill, who then was narrowly defeated for the office by Republican [[Bill Clements]]. Briscoe was the last Texas Democrat to earn reelection to the office. His two successor Democrats, [[Mark White]] and [[Ann Richards]], lost their reelection bids, respectively, in 1986 to Clements and in 1994 to [[George W. Bush]].
Briscoe's political mentors included [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], [[Vice President of the United Statesw|Vice President]] [[John Nance Garner]], U.S. House Speaker [[Sam Rayburn]], and Governor Ross Sterling. In later years, he became personally close to Republican Governor [[Rick Perry]].
Before his death, Briscoe established the Dolph and Janey Briscoe Fund for Texas History at the [[University of Texas at Austin]].
He also refurbished a [[Victoria]]n mansion in Uvalde into the Janey Slaughter Briscoe Grand Opera House.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Briscoe, Dolph}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Texas Governors]]
[[Category:Democratic Governors]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Episcopalians]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War II]]