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Representative Riley William Briggs View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 6/17/1926
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Assemblies Served:
House: 23 (1890) - 24 (1892)
Home County: Pottawattamie
Riley William Briggs
Pottawattamie County
Born on February 22, 1842 in Beloit, Wisconsin, and died June 17, 1927 in Independence, Missouri. He was a Justice of the Peace in Pottawattamie County, Iowa in 1876. He was a lawyer and State Representative of Pottawatomie County in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth General Assemblies of Iowa. He was married to Clarissa E. Greene on July 29, 1870 in Tabor, Iowa. They had four children.
Sources:
House District 31
Committees
24th GA (1892)
Standing Committees
Legislation Sponsored
24th GA (1892)