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

• Autobiography in LRL collection, 923.2764 B774B 2008. Dolph Briscoe: My Life in Texas Ranching and Politics 2008.
• 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 .
• Mentioned in Curtis Bishop, "Historic Names in the 54th: Descendants of many who made early Texas history carry on family traditions of service to their State as members of the 54th Legislature," Volume XVI, Number 1, June 1955, pp. 37, 38, 40. Texas Parade .
• 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