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    Briscoe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,435. Its county seat is Silverton. The county...
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  • Briscoe is an unincorporated community just east of U.S. Highway 83 in Wheeler County, Texas, United States. The Fort Elliott Consolidated Independent...
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    Dolph Briscoe Jr. (April 23, 1923 – June 27, 2010) was an American rancher and businessman from Uvalde, Texas, who was the 41st governor of Texas between...
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    The 1974 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Democratic Governor Dolph Briscoe was easily...
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  • Briscoe may refer to: Briscoe, Cumbria, England Briscoe, Missouri Briscoe, Texas Briscoe, West Virginia Briscoe County, Texas Briscoe (automotive company)...
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  • Andrew Briscoe (November 25, 1810 – October 4, 1849) was a merchant, revolutionary, soldier, and jurist. He was an organizer of the Texas Revolution, attending...
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    his ring name Jay Briscoe, was an American professional wrestler. He was known for his time with his brother Mark Briscoe as the Briscoe Brothers in Ring...
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    Silverton is a city in Briscoe County, Texas, United States. The population was 629 at the 2020 census. Silverton was established when Thomas J. Braidfoot...
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    at the University of Kansas. Briscoe was born in Dallas, Texas. He attended Cedar Hill High School in Cedar Hill, Texas, where he played for the Cedar...
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    governorship of Texas to Dolph Briscoe of Uvalde in the Democratic primary in 1972. "Preston Smith". Legislative Reference Library of Texas. Retrieved November...
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    county in the Texas Panhandle. Clinton became the first ever Democrat to win the White House without carrying Angelina, Briscoe County, Texas, Clay, Concho...
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    The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History is an organized research unit and public service component of the University of Texas at Austin named for...
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    Clements) Dolph Briscoe, who had first been elected in 1972 and was easily re-elected in 1974, had become increasingly unpopular within the Texas Democratic...
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    Briscoe Cain (born December 9, 1984) is an American attorney and Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 128. Briscoe grew...
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  • and decommissioned in 1946. This ship was named in honor of Briscoe County, Texas. USS Briscoe (DD-977), was a Spruance-class destroyer laid down in 1975...
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  • Agent-In-Charge of Organized Crime Unit – Texas Attorney General "Governor Dolph Briscoe and the Chicken Ranch". Texas History Notebook. 2019-07-18. Retrieved...
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    election of Dolph Briscoe to the Governor's Mansion in 1972. In 1973, White was appointed as Texas Secretary of State under Governor Briscoe and also served...
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    aircraft. The Briscoe Art and Antique Collection displays the collection of former Texas governor Dolph Briscoe. The Janey Slaughter Briscoe Grand Opera...
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    Barnes, lieutenant governor and former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives Dolph Briscoe, former state representative from Uvalde and candidate...
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    Ryan John Briscoe (born 24 September 1981) is an Australian–American professional racing driver from Sydney who has predominantly raced open-wheel and...
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    Briscoe, wife of Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe, and commissioned on 10 September 1977. Following a nine-week test of the ship's combat systems, Texas loaded...
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    Armstrong Atascosa Bailey Bee Bell Bexar Borden Bsoque Bowie Brazoria Briscoe Brown Burnet Calhoun Callahan Carson Castro Chambers Childress Cochran...
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    it in 1956, even as Democrat Dolph Briscoe won the gubernatorial election on the same Ballot. Nixon's win in Texas made him the first ever Republican...
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  • Texas. She married William Briscoe in 1940 and the couple relocated to San Antonio. She studied cosmetology and worked with her husband at Briscoe's Beauty...
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    southeastern Briscoe County, Texas, United States. The town lies directly south of Caprock Canyon State Park and is a ranching and farming area in West Texas. The...
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    King since 2013. The district contains the counties of Andrews, Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Donley, Gaines, Gray, Hale...
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    Armstrong Donley Collingsworth Parmer Castro Swisher Briscoe Hall Childress Major cities of the Texas Panhandle with populations greater than 10,000 include:...
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  • Jeremiah Briscoe (born August 15, 1993) is a former gridiron football quarterback. He played college football at Sam Houston State, where he was a two-time...
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    The Dolph Briscoe Jr. Library is the central library of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio library system. It is located in...
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  • Parmenas Briscoe (June 10, 1876 – 1971) was an American architect active in Texas, especially in Houston. He was known as "Birdsall Briscoe" or "Birdsall...
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