Frank O. Briggs
American politician
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Frank Obadiah Briggs (August 12, 1851 – May 8, 1913) was the Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, from 1899 to 1902. He was a United States senator from New Jersey from 1907 to 1913.
Edward C. Stokes
Frank Obadiah Briggs | |
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| United States Senator from New Jersey | |
| In office March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913 | |
| Preceded by | John F. Dryden |
| Succeeded by | William Hughes |
| New Jersey State Treasurer | |
| In office 1902–1907 | |
| Governor | Franklin Murphy Edward C. Stokes |
| Preceded by | George B. Swain |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Spader Voorhees |
| 30th Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey | |
| In office 1899–1902 | |
| Preceded by | Welling G. Sickel |
| Succeeded by | Frank S. Katzenbach |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 12, 1851 |
| Died | May 8, 1913 (aged 61) |
| Resting place | Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, New Jersey, US |
| Party | Republican |
| Parent | James Frankland Briggs |
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Biography
Briggs was born on August 12, 1851, in Concord, New Hampshire, the son of James Frankland Briggs and Roxanna (Smith) Briggs.[1]
He attended the public schools, Francestown Academy, and Phillips Exeter Academy. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1872 and served in the 2nd Infantry Regiment as a second lieutenant until 1877, when he resigned from the Army.[1]
In 1877, he moved to Trenton, New Jersey, and engaged in the manufacture of wire and wire products; he was a member of the Trenton School Board from 1884 to 1892 and was Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, from 1899 to 1902. In 1901 and 1902, he was a member of the New Jersey State Board of Education, and was New Jersey State Treasurer from 1902 to 1907.[1]
Briggs was Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee from 1904 to 1907[2][3] and again from 1910 until his death in 1913.[1][4] He was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate, serving from March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1913; he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection.
While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Geological Survey (Sixty-first Congress) and a member of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Sixty-second Congress). He resumed his former business pursuits in Trenton, where he died in 1913, aged 61.[1] He was buried in Riverview Cemetery.
