Iowa
Gov. Ansel Briggs
- December 28, 1846 - December 4, 1850
- Democratic
- February 3, 1806
- May 5, 1881
- Vermont
- Norwich Academy
- Married twice--Nancy M. Dunlap, Frances Carpenter; eight children
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Source
Sources:
Annals of Iowa, 34 (1958): 238-35.
Horton, Loren. Report, Ansel Briggs project. Division of the Iowa State Historical Society. Iowa City, The Division, 1975.
Iowa Historical Record, 1 (1885): 145-52.
Palimpsest, 27 (1946): 357-68.
Sobel, Robert, and John Raimo, eds. Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. 2, Westport, Conn., Meckler Books, 1978. 4 vols.