Clay Stone Briggs

Democrat Representative of Texas's 7th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

January 8, 1876 (57 years old)

Birthday

April 29, 1933

Death

Served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1919 until his death in 1933.
Held a position in the Texas House of Representatives from 1907 to 1909.
Worked as a judge in the tenth district of Texas prior to his congressional career.
Attended multiple prestigious educational institutions, including the University of Texas at Austin, Harvard, and Yale Law School.
His congressional service began on March 4, 1919, representing Texas’s 7th congressional district.
Died in Washington, D.C., and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse, New York.