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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriFrank Parks BRIGGS
(1894-1992)
Senate Years of Service:
1945-1947Party: DemocratBRIGGS, Frank Parks, a
Senator from Missouri; born in Armstrong, Howard County, Mo.,
February 25, 1894; attended Armstrong and Fayette schools and
Central College at Fayette, Mo. 1911-1914; graduated from the
University of Missouri at Columbia in 1915; engaged in the
newspaper business in 1915 and in the publishing business at Macon,
Mo., in 1925; mayor of Macon, Mo. 1930-1932; member, State senate
1933-1944; appointed on January 18, 1945, as a Democrat to the
United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
of Harry S. Truman and served from January 18, 1945, to January 3,
1947; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States
Senate in 1946; resumed the newspaper publishing business;
chairman, Missouri State Conservation Commission 1955-1956;
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife
1961-1965; was a resident of Macon, Mo., until his death on
September 23, 1992; interment in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Fayette,
Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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