The Driggs family is an American business family descended from Joseph Driggs of Middletown and East Haddam, Connecticut (died November 1748).

Notable members of the family

Adam Driggs Adam Dorsey Driggs (born April 22, 1965) is an American attorney, politician, and , a judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court in Arizona. Driggs previously served in both chambers of the Arizona State Legislature. Early life and education ...

(born 1965),

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judge * Deborah Driggs (born 1963),

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, and businesswoman;

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for March 1990 * Edmund H. Driggs (1865–1946),

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from New York from 1897 to 1901 *

Elsie Driggs Elsie Driggs (1898 – July 12, 1992 in New York City) was an American Painting, painter known for her contributions to Precisionism, America's one indigenous modern-art movement before Abstract Expressionism, and for her later floral and figurat ...

(1898–1992),

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

of the 1920s and 1930s American modern-art movement,

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Frank Driggs Frank Driggs (January 29, 1930 – September 20, 2011) was an American record producer for Columbia Records and a jazz historian and author, known as well for his collection of over 100,000 pieces of jazz music memorabilia including photograp ...

(1930–2011),

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-era

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-winning

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and author * H. Wayne Driggs (1902–1951), original scriptwriter for the Hill Cumorah Pageant, used from 1937 to 1987 * Howard R. Driggs (1873–1963), prominent author, and professor at the

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between 1897 and 1923, and of

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from 1923 until 1942. He was professor from 1942 until his death * John B. Driggs (1852–1914),

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and teacher, who served at the mission station of the

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, * Jeff Driggs (born 1961), champion clog dancer, choreographer and entertainer; 2014 inductee to the America's

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Hall of Fame (ACHF) * John D. Driggs (1927–2014),

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from 1970 to 1974 * John F. Driggs (1813–1877), United States Representative from Michigan; the first person to represent

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Junius ElMarion Driggs Junius ElMarion Driggs (June 28, 1907 – July 8, 1994) was the CEO and co-founder of now-defunct Western Savings and Loan. He was also the temple president, president of the Mesa Arizona Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...

(1907–1994), co-founder and

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of Western Savings and Loan, which operated between 1929 and 1990); president of the

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from 1975 to 1980 *

The King Sisters The King Sisters were an American big band-era vocal group, appearing as a trio or quartet. Six sisters were in the group at one time or another: Alyce, Donna, Luise, Marilyn, Maxine, and Yvonne King. History Born and raised in Pleasant Grov ...

, a

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-era vocal group consisting of six sisters from the extended Driggs family of entertainers

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References

* Driggs, Howard Roscoe, ''Driggs family history'', University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1959 Political families of the United States