James M. Griggs

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James M. Griggs

James Mathews Griggs (born March 29, 1861 in LaGrange , Troup County , Georgia , †  January 5, 1910 in Dawson , Georgia) was an American politician . Between 1897 and 1910 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Griggs attended the common schools and then to 1881 the Peabody Normal College in Nashville ( Tennessee ). He then worked as a teacher for some time. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1883, he began to work in his new profession in Alapaha . At the same time he also got into the newspaper business. In 1885 Griggs moved to Dawson County . Between 1888 and 1893 he was a public prosecutor in the Pataula district; then he worked there as a judge until 1896.

Politically, Griggs was a member of the Democratic Party . In June 1892 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where ex-President Grover Cleveland was once again nominated as a presidential candidate. In the 1896 congressional election , Griggs was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of Georgia , where he succeeded Benjamin E. Russell on March 4, 1897 . After six re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on January 5, 1910 . During this time the Spanish-American War of 1898 fell . Between 1904 and 1908 Griggs headed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee .

Web links

  • James M. Griggs in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Griggs, James M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Griggs, James Mathews (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH LaGrange , Georgia
DATE OF DEATH January 5, 1910
Place of death Dawson , Georgia