George Briggs (May 6, 1805 - June 1, 1869) was a United States Representative from New York. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 193 - Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is Assassinated 987 - Hugh Capet is elected Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. These are tables of congressional delegations from New York to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Born near Broadalbin, Fulton County, he moved to Vermont in 1812 with his parents, who settled in Bennington. Broadalbin may refer to Broadalbin (village New York Broadalbin (town New York Fulton County is a County located in the US state of New York. Vermont ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. He attended the public schools, engaged in business as a dealer in hardware, was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1837 and returned to New York, settling in New York City in 1838 and continuing in the hardware business. The Vermont House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U
Briggs was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1853. The Whig Party was a Political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852, and was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-sixth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1859 to March 3, 1861. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common During the latter Congress he was chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1860 and retired. In 1866 he was a delegate to the Union National Convention at Philadelphia. The National Union Convention (also known as the Loyalist Convention, the Southern Loyalist Convention, or the National Loyalists' Loyal Union Convention He died at his summer home, "Woodlawn," at Saratoga Springs; interment was in Greenwood Cemetery, New York City. Saratoga Springs is a City in Saratoga County, New York, USA.