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unusual facts about Gus Mutscher



John H. Hannah, Jr.

The investigation ended in the conviction of House Speaker Gus Mutscher for conspiring to accept bribes from promoter Frank Sharp, in the form of loans from the Sharpstown State Bank.

Sharpstown scandal

Allegations of bribery to push the favorable bills through the government spread to House Speaker Gus Mutscher, Jr., State Representative Tommy Shannon, state Democratic chairman, state banking board member Elmer Baum, Lieutenant Governor Ben Barnes and even Governor Preston Smith.

"Dirty Thirty" was the name given to thirty members of the 1971 Texas House of Representatives who grouped against Texas Speaker of the House Gus Mutscher and other Texas officials charged in the Sharpstown scandal.


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