Edmund H. Driggs
| Edmund H. Driggs | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 3rd district | |
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In office December 6, 1897 – March 3, 1901 | |
| Preceded by | Francis H. Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Henry Bristow |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 2, 1865 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died |
September 27, 1946 (aged 81) Brooklyn, New York |
| Resting place | Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
Edmund Hope Driggs (May 2, 1865 – September 27, 1946) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended the public schools and Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn. He became engaged in the casualty-insurance business.
Driggs was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Francis H. Wilson; he was reelected to the Fifty-sixth Congress and served from December 6, 1897, to March 3, 1901. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress, and resumed the casualty-insurance business and also engaged in safety engineering. He died in Brooklyn in 1946; interment was in Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn.
His grandson Edmund Hope Driggs III married, as his second wife, Audrey Simpson, the daughter of Ernest Aldrich Simpson and stepdaughter of the future Duchess of Windsor.
References
- United States Congress. "Edmund H. Driggs (id: D000497)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Francis H. Wilson |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 3rd congressional district 1897–1901 |
Succeeded by Henry Bristow |
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