| LC control no. | n 85173270 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Briggs, Frank O. (Frank Obadiah), 1851-1913 |
| Variant(s) | Briggs, Frank Obadiah, 1851-1913 |
| Birth date | 1851-08-12 |
| Death date | 1913-05-08 |
| Place of birth | Concord (N.H.) |
| Place of death | Trenton (N.J.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Businessmen Legislators |
| Found in | NUCMC data from New Jersey His. Soc. for Briggs, F. Papers, 1902-1917 (U.S. Senator Frank O. Briggs, 1851-1913) LC manual auth. cd. (Briggs, Frank Obadiah, 1851-1913) NUCMC data from New Jersey His. Soc. for His Scrapbooks (hdg.: Briggs, Frank O., 1851-1913; U.S. senator and officer of John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Trenton, N.J.) Biog. Dir. Am. Cong., 1961: p. 597 (Briggs, Frank Obadiah) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed June 10, 2022 (Briggs, Frank Obadiah, (Son of James Frankland Briggs), a Senator from New Jersey; born in Concord, N.H., August 12, 1851; attended the public schools, Francestown (N.H.) Academy, and Phillips Academy, Exeter, N.H.; graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1872; served in the Second Regiment, United States Infantry, as second lieutenant until 1877, when he resigned from the Army; moved to Trenton, N.J., in 1877 and engaged in the manufacture of wire and wire products; member of the Trenton School Board 1884-1892; mayor of Trenton 1899-1902; member of the State board of education 1901-1902; State treasurer 1902-1907; chairman of the Republican State committee 1904-1911; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1907, to March 3, 1913; unsuccessful candidate for reelection; chairman, Committee on Geological Survey (Sixty-first Congress), Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expense (Sixty-second Congress); resumed his former business pursuits in Trenton, N.J., where he died May 8, 1913; interment in Riverview Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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