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Dolph Briscoe

Dolph Briscoe is a wealthy Uvalde rancher and businessman who was the Democratic governor of Texas between 1973 and 1979. He was the last governor to serve a two-year term and the first to serve a four-year term, when the state doubled the length of gubernatorial terms, effective in 1975.