Gus Franklin Mutscher (November 19, 1932 – February 26, 2023) was an American politician who was
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House of Representatives. The Speaker's main duties are to conduct meetings of the House, appoint committees, and enforce the Rules of the House. The current s ...
from 1969 to 1972. He was one of several Texas politicians indicted in the
Sharpstown bank stock fraud scandal. He was convicted and sentenced to five years probation for conspiring to accept a bribe. Mutscher’s conviction, however, was later reversed on appeal.
Mutscher died on February 26, 2023, at the age of 90,
just 5 days after his successor Rayford Price.
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1932 births
2023 deaths
Blinn College alumni
Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives
Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives
County judges in Texas
People from Brenham, Texas
Military personnel from Texas
United States Army officers
McCombs School of Business alumni
20th-century American politicians