Briggs, Frank Parks

Briggs, Frank Parks, a Senator from Missouri; born in Armstrong, Howard County, Mo., February 25, 1894; attended the Armstrong and Fayette schools and Central College at Fayette, Mo., 1911-1914; was graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1915; engaged in the newspaper business in 1915 and in the publishing business at Macon, Mo., in 1925; served as mayor of Macon, Mo., 1930-1932; member of the State senate 1933-1944; appointed as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Harry S. Truman and served from January 18, 1945, to January 3, 1947; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1946; resumed the newspaper publishing business and is a resident of Macon, Mo.