Frank O. Briggs

Frank Obadiah Briggs (born August 12, 1851 in Concord , New Hampshire , † May 8, 1913 in Trenton , New Jersey ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of New Jersey in the US Senate .

Frank Briggs attended public schools, then a private school in Francestown, and finally the Phillips Academy in Andover . In 1872 he graduated from the US Military Academy in West Point , whereupon he first began a career in the US Army . Until 1877 he served in an infantry regiment and rose to second lieutenant .

That year he retired from the military and moved to New Jersey, where he worked in wire manufacturing. He served on the Trenton Schools Committee from 1884 to 1892 and was mayor of that town from 1899 to 1902. From 1901 to 1902 Briggs was also a member of the New Jersey Education Committee; subsequently he was a member of the state government as Minister of Finance ( Treasurer ) until 1907 .

Between 1904 and 1907 Briggs was the Republican Party in New Jersey. On March 4, 1907, he moved to the US Senate in Washington as the successor to John F. Dryden , where he headed the Committee on Geological Survey . He ran for re-election in 1912, but was defeated by the Democrat William Hughes and consequently resigned from Congress on March 3, 1913 . Briggs returned to Trenton to go about his business there, but died in May of that year.

His father, James F. Briggs , was a New Hampshire representative in the United States House of Representatives from 1877 to 1883 .

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SURNAME	Briggs, Frank O.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Briggs, Frank Obadiah (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 12, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH	Concord , New Hampshire
DATE OF DEATH	May 8, 1913
Place of death	Trenton , New Jersey