Terms of Service

• House, 54th Legislature
  1/11/1955 - 1/8/1957
  Democrat
  
• House, 53rd Legislature
  1/13/1953 - 1/11/1955
  Democrat
  
• House, 52nd Legislature
  1/9/1951 - 1/13/1953
  Democrat
  
• House, 51st Legislature
  1/11/1949 - 1/9/1951
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 64th Legislature, R.S., HCR 107. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 66th Legislature, R.S., HCR 171. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 81st Legislature, R.S., HR 2589. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 81st Legislature, R.S., SR 152. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 81st Legislature, R.S., HR 353. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 52nd Legislature, R.S., HSR 189. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 60th Legislature, R.S., HSR 100. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 74th Legislature, R.S., HR 336. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 74th Legislature, R.S., SR 134. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 82nd Legislature, R.S., HCR 1. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

• Photograph. Dolph Briscoe, Jr., State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dolph Briscoe, Jr., State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dolph Briscoe, Jr., State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dolph Briscoe, Jr., State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• BRISCOE, DOLPH, JR. (1923-2010). 41st Governor of Texas. Handbook of Texas Online .
• Governor of Texas 1973-1979. Legislative Reference Library, Governors of Texas, 1846-present .
• Dolph Briscoe's involvement in groundwater legislation, "'Of Urgent Concern': What Prompted House Bill 162, the Groundwater Conservation Act of 1949," by Charles Porter, Volume LXXXVIII, 2017. Panhandle-Plains Historical Review .
• Texas Governors - Modern Texas: Dolph Briscoe. Texas State Library and Archives Commission .

Committee Information

• 54th R.S. - 1955
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Counties  
• Federal Relations  
• Highways and Roads (Vice Chair) 
• Livestock and Stock Raising  
• 53rd R.S. - 1953
• Aeronautics  
• Conservation and Reclamation (Vice Chair) 
• Federal Relations  
• Highways and Roads  
• Livestock and Stock Raising  
• 52nd R.S. - 1951
• Agriculture (Vice Chair) 
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Education  
• Highways and Roads  
• Livestock and Stock Raising  
• 51st R.S. - 1949
• Conservation and Reclamation  
• Education  
• Highways and Roads (Vice Chair) 
• Livestock and Stock Raising  
• Revenue and Taxation