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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TexasBRIGGS, Clay Stone
(1876—1933)
BRIGGS, Clay Stone, a Representative from Texas; born in Galveston, Tex., January 8, 1876; attended private and public schools, the University of Texas at Austin, and Harvard Unversity; was graduated from the law department of Yale University in 1899; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in Galveston, Tex.; member of the State house of representatives 1906-1908; served as judge of the tenth judicial district of Texas from June 15, 1909, until February 1, 1919, when he resigned, having been elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-sixth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1919, until his death in Washington, D.C., April 29, 1933; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, N.Y.
United States. Congress (73rd, 2d session : 1934) House. Memorial services held in the House of Representatives of the United States, together with remarks presented in eulogy of Clay Stone Briggs, late a Representative from Texas. Seventy-third Congress, second session
. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1934.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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