Clay Stone Briggs

Clay Stone Briggs (born January 8, 1876 in Galveston , Texas , † April 29, 1933 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1933 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Clay Briggs attended both public and private schools. He then studied at the University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University . After a subsequent law degree at Yale University and his 1899 admission as a lawyer, he began to work in Galveston in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Briggs was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1906 to 1908 . Between 1909 and 1919 he was a judge in the tenth judicial district of his state.

In the 1918 congressional elections , Briggs was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the seventh constituency of Texas, where he succeeded Alexander W. Gregg on March 4, 1919 . After seven re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on April 29, 1933 . During this period, the 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . Since 1929 the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of the Great Depression.

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SURNAME	Briggs, Clay Stone
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 8, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Galveston , Texas
DATE OF DEATH	April 29, 1933
Place of death	Washington, DC