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Ben Barnes, American businessman and politician, 36th Lieutenant Governor of Texas

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Ben Barnes (Texas politician)

American politician (born 1938)

Benny Frank Barnes is an American real estate magnate, politician, and crisis manager who served as the speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 1965 to 1969 and as the 36th lieutenant governor of Texas from 1969 to 1973. He was a vice-chair, as well as top…
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Lieutenant Governor of Texas

Second-highest elected office in Texas

The lieutenant governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the U.S. It is the second most powerful post in Texas government because its occupant controls the work of the Texas Senate and controls the budgeting process as a…
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