Gus Franklin Mutscher
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Gus Franklin Mutscher (November 19, 1932 ā February 26, 2023)[1] was an American Democratic politician. He was the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 1969 to 1972.
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Mutscher 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.[2] Mutscher, however, was later cleared on appeal.
Mutscher was born in Brenham, Texas. He married a former Miss America, Donna Axum of El Dorado, Arkansas in 1969, but divorced in 1972.
Mutscher died on February 26, 2023 in Brenham, Texas at the age of 90.[3]