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Clay Stone Briggs (January 8, 1876 – April 29, 1933) was a Democratic member of the
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from 1919 through his death in 1933.


Early life

Briggs was born in
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, on January 8, 1876. While a child, he went to both public and private schools. He attended
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(where he was a member of the Nu chapter of the
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fraternity),
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, and graduated from
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.


Political career and death

Shortly after graduating college, he ran for the
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and served there from 1907 to 1909. He was also a judge in the tenth district in Texas until 1919, when he became a member of congress. Briggs ran for
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and served from March 4, 1919, until he died in
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, in 1933. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in
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,
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.


See also

*
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External links


Biography in the Handbook of Texas Online
1876 births 1933 deaths Politicians from Galveston, Texas University of Texas at Austin alumni Harvard University alumni Yale Law School alumni Texas lawyers Texas state court judges Democratic Party members of the Texas House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas Burials at Oakwood Cemetery (Syracuse, New York) 20th-century members of the Texas Legislature 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Texas-politician-stub