Clay Stone Briggs
Clay Stone Briggs (January 8, 1876 – April 29, 1933) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1919 through his death in 1933.
Early life
Briggs was born in Galveston, Texas on January 8, 1876. While a child, he went to both public and private schools. He attended University of Texas at Austin (where he was a member of the Nu Chapter of the Chi Phi Fraternity), Harvard, and graduated from Yale Law School.
Political career
Shortly after graduating college, he ran for the Texas House of Representatives and served there from 1907-1909. He was also a judge in the tenth district in Texas until 1919, when he became a member of congress. Briggs ran for Texas's 7th congressional district and served from March 4, 1919, until he died in Washington D.C. in 1933. He is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Syracuse, New York.
External links
- BRIGGS, Clay Stone at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Biography in the Handbook of Texas Online
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| Preceded by | Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 23 (Galveston) 1907–1909 |
Succeeded by Daniel MacInerney |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 7th congressional district March 4, 1919 – April 29, 1933 |
Succeeded by Clark W. Thompson |
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