Gus Franklin Mutscher
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Gus Franklin Mutscher is a former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, having served from 1969-1972. He was one of several Texas politicians indicted in the Sharpstown bank stock fraud scandal. Mutscher's opponents, many within his own party, were known as the "Dirth 30"; their ranks included Joseph Hugh Allen of Baytown and Robert Gammage of Houston.
Mutscher married a former Miss America, Donna Axum of El Dorado, Arkansas; the marriage ended in divorce; she remarried and resides in Fort Worth.[1]
After his legislative service, Mutscher, a Democrat was for years the elected county (administrative) judge of his native Washington County south of College Station. He resides in Brenham, the seat of Washington County.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Kinch, 68
[edit] References
- Kinch, Jr., Sam; Procter, Ben (1972). Texas Under a Cloud: Story of the Texas Stock Fraud Scandal. Jenkins.
| Preceded by Ben Barnes |
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
Gus Franklin Mutscher |
Succeeded by James L. Slider |
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