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Governor Ansel Briggs

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Governor Ansel Briggs - Iowa Democratic

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NameAnsel Briggs
PositionGovernor
StateIowa
PartyDemocratic
StatusFormer Governor
Term StartJanuary 1, 1846
Term EndDecember 31, 1850
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Governor Ansel Briggs
Ansel Briggs served as Governor of Iowa.

About Governor Ansel Briggs



Ansel Briggs is no longer in office and left on December 31, 1850. The biography below describes their time in office.

ANSEL BRIGGS, Iowa’s first governor, was born in Vermont on February 3, 1806. His education was attained in the common schools of Vermont and at the Norwich Academy in Connecticut. After moving to Ohio and then Iowa, Briggs established successful careers as a mail carrier and stagecoach driver. He entered politics in 1842, serving as […]