Gus Franklin Mutscher (born November 19, 1932) is a former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, having served from 1969 to 1972. He 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. Mutscher, however, was later cleared on appeal. Mutscher's opponents, many within his own Democratic Party, were known as the "Dirty 30"; their ranks included of Baytown, Carlos Truan of Corpus Christi, and Robert Gammage of Houston.