George Briggs (politician)

George Briggs

George Briggs (born May 6, 1805 in Broadalbin , New York , † June 1, 1869 in Saratoga Springs , New York) was an American politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives between 1849 and 1853 and between 1859 and 1861 .

Career

George Briggs was born at Broadalbin about seven years before the outbreak of the British-American War . His family moved to Vermont in 1812 and settled in Bennington . He attended public schools there. He then served as a merchant for hardware ( hardware involved). In 1837 he sat in the Vermont House of Representatives . The following year he returned to New York and settled in New York City , where he continued to work as a dealer.

Politically, he was a member of the Whig Party at the time. In the congressional election of 1848 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of New York , where he succeeded Frederick A. Tallmadge on March 4, 1849 . He was re-elected once. Since he on a run again in 1852 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1853 Congress of. After the founding of the Republican Party , he joined this. He ran again in 1858 in the seventh constituency of New York for a seat in Congress. After a successful election, he succeeded Elijah Ward on March 4, 1859 . Since he refused to run again in 1860 , he left the Congress after March 3, 1861. As a congressman, he chaired the Committee on Revolutionary Claims ( 36th Congress ).

After the end of his tenure, he took part in 1866 as a delegate to the Union National Convention in Philadelphia . Briggs died on June 1, 1869 in his summer home "Woodlawn" in Saratoga Springs. His body was buried in the Green-Wood Cemetery in the then still independent city of Brooklyn .

Web links

George Briggs in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Remarks

↑ In the English-speaking world, the term hardware also stands for household goods and machine equipment. Briggs may have traded in these goods as well.

personal data
SURNAME	Briggs, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 6, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH	at Broadalbin , New York
DATE OF DEATH	June 1, 1869
Place of death	Saratoga Springs , New York

[1] In the English-speaking world, the term hardware also stands for household goods and machine equipment. Briggs may have traded in these goods as well.