John R. Briggs Jr.
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{{Short description|19th century American politician}} |
{{Short description|19th century American politician}} |
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|name |
|name = John R. Briggs Jr. |
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|state |
|state = Wisconsin |
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|state_senate |
|state_senate = Wisconsin |
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|district |
|district = [[Wisconsin's 18th State Senate district|18th]] |
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|term_start = January 3, 1853 |
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|term_end = January 2, 1854 |
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|predecessor = [[Duncan Reed]] |
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|successor = [[Louis P. Harvey]] |
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|state_assembly1 |
|state_assembly1 = Wisconsin |
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|district1 |
|district1 = [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock]] 2nd |
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|term_start1 = January 7, 1850 |
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|term_end1 = January 6, 1851 |
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|predecessor1 = [[Samuel Colley]] |
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|successor1 = John Bannister |
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|party |
|party = [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] |
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|birth_date |
|birth_date = c.1822 |
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|birth_place |
|birth_place = [[Montague, Massachusetts]], U.S. |
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|death_date |
|death_date = {{death date and age|1872|12|3|1822}} |
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|death_place |
|death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. |
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|death_cause |
|death_cause = [[Tuberculosis]] |
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|resting_place = [[Rosehill Cemetery]], [[Chicago]] |
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|spouse |
|spouse = {{marriage|[[Emily Briggs|Emily Pomona "Olivia" Edson]]|1854|1872}} |
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|children Arthur Briggs |
|children = John Edson Briggs Arthur Briggs |
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|relatives |
|relatives = {{unbulleted list |
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| [[George N. Briggs]] (uncle) |
| [[George N. Briggs]] (uncle) |
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| [[Henry Shaw Briggs]] (cousin) |
| [[Henry Shaw Briggs]] (cousin) |
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|occupation |
|occupation = Journalist |
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'''John Reading Briggs Jr.''', (c.1822{{spaced ndash}}December 3, 1872) was an [[Americans|American]] newspaper publisher, politician, and pioneer of [[Wisconsin]] and [[Iowa]]. He served in the [[Wisconsin State Senate]] and [[Wisconsin State Assembly|Assembly]], representing [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]]. He was described as a personal friend of [[Abraham Lincoln]], and was employed as stationery clerk for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for the last decade of his life. His wife was [[Emily Briggs]], a pioneering female journalist in [[Washington, D.C.]] |
'''John Reading Briggs Jr.''', (c.1822{{spaced ndash}}December 3, 1872) was an [[Americans|American]] newspaper publisher, politician, and pioneer of [[Wisconsin]] and [[Iowa]]. He served in the [[Wisconsin State Senate]] and [[Wisconsin State Assembly|Assembly]], representing [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]]. He was described as a personal friend of [[Abraham Lincoln]], and was employed as stationery clerk for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for the last decade of his life. His wife was [[Emily Briggs]], a pioneering female journalist in [[Washington, D.C.]] |
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In November 1849, he was elected to the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]], representing southern [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]]. In 1852, following the [[Redistricting in Wisconsin|redistricting]] act which added six new seats to the [[Wisconsin State Senate]], Briggs won a [[By-election|special election]] to represent the [[Wisconsin's 18th State Senate district|18th Senate district]].{{cite book|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112107102706 |title= Journal of the Senate of Wisconsin |year= 1854 |publisher= [[Wisconsin Legislature]] |pages=29–30, 40, 53 |access-date= January 30, 2022 }}{{cite report|url=http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1853 |title= Manual for the Use of the Assembly, of the State of Wisconsin |year= 1853 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1853/reference/wi.wibluebk1853.i0015.pdf |
In November 1849, he was elected to the [[Wisconsin State Assembly]], representing southern [[Rock County, Wisconsin|Rock County]]. In 1852, following the [[Redistricting in Wisconsin|redistricting]] act which added six new seats to the [[Wisconsin State Senate]], Briggs won a [[By-election|special election]] to represent the [[Wisconsin's 18th State Senate district|18th Senate district]].{{cite book|url= https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112107102706 |title= Journal of the Senate of Wisconsin |year= 1854 |publisher= [[Wisconsin Legislature]] |pages=29–30, 40, 53 |access-date= January 30, 2022 }}{{cite report|url=http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.WIBlueBk1853 |title= Manual for the Use of the Assembly, of the State of Wisconsin |year= 1853 |publisher= State of Wisconsin |chapter-url= https://images.library.wisc.edu/WI/EFacs/WIBlueBks/BlueBks/WIBlueBk1853/reference/wi.wibluebk1853.i0015.pdf |chapter= Members and Officers of the Senate |page= 85 |access-date= January 30, 2022 }} |
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In 1854, due to a conflict in the language of the redistricting law versus the language of the [[Constitution of Wisconsin|Wisconsin Constitution]]—which specified Senate terms as two years—he claimed he was entitled by his 1852 election to another year as state senator. The issue was debated in the Senate, but they ultimately ruled against his petition. |
In 1854, due to a conflict in the language of the redistricting law versus the language of the [[Constitution of Wisconsin|Wisconsin Constitution]]—which specified Senate terms as two years—he claimed he was entitled by his 1852 election to another year as state senator. The issue was debated in the Senate, but they ultimately ruled against his petition. |
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While working on the paper, Briggs became friendly with [[Abraham Lincoln]], who was then becoming a leading voice in the new Republican Party. Briggs did extensive work reporting the [[Lincoln–Douglas debates]] in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois.{{Cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw01jame/ |title= Notable American Women, 1607–1950 |volume= 1 |year= 1974 |publisher= [[Harvard University Press]] |page= [https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw01jame/page/242/ 242] |access-date= January 30, 2022 }} Through his political connections with Lincoln, he was appointed assistant clerk of the [[United States House of Representatives]] after Lincoln became president in 1861. He worked for the [[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives|Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]] for the rest of his life. |
While working on the paper, Briggs became friendly with [[Abraham Lincoln]], who was then becoming a leading voice in the new Republican Party. Briggs did extensive work reporting the [[Lincoln–Douglas debates]] in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois.{{Cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw01jame/ |title= Notable American Women, 1607–1950 |volume= 1 |year= 1974 |publisher= [[Harvard University Press]] |page= [https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw01jame/page/242/ 242] |access-date= January 30, 2022 }} Through his political connections with Lincoln, he was appointed assistant clerk of the [[United States House of Representatives]] after Lincoln became president in 1861. He worked for the [[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives|Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]] for the rest of his life. |
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John Briggs suffered from [[tuberculosis]] for fifteen years before finally succumbing to the disease. He died at his home in [[Washington, D.C.]], on December 3, 1872.{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93825277/washington-news/ |
John Briggs suffered from [[tuberculosis]] for fifteen years before finally succumbing to the disease. He died at his home in [[Washington, D.C.]], on December 3, 1872.{{cite news|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/93825277/washington-news/ |title= Washington |newspaper= The Chicago Evening Mail |date= December 9, 1872 |page= 2 |access-date= January 30, 2022 |via= [[Newspapers.com]] }} |
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==Personal life and family== |
==Personal life and family== |
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