Ebenezer N. Briggs | |
Office1: | President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate |
Term Start1: | 1843 |
Term End1: | 1845 |
Predecessor1: | Horace Eaton |
Successor1: | James Barrett |
Office2: | Member of the Vermont Senate |
Term Start2: | 1842 |
Term End2: | 1845 |
Predecessor2: | Isaac Norton, Orson Clark, Anderson G. Dana |
Successor2: | Frederick Button, Joseph H. Chittenden, George T. Hodges |
Alongside2: | Elisha Allen, Alonson Allen (1842, 1843), Frederick Button, Joseph H. Chittenden (1844) |
Constituency2: | Rutland County |
Term Start3: | 1836 |
Term End3: | 1839 |
Predecessor3: | None (position created) |
Successor3: | Ville Lawrence, Samuel Swift, Joseph Simonds |
Constituency3: | Addison County |
Alongside3: | Jesse Grandey (1836), Harvey Bell (1836, 1837), Ville Lawrence (1837, 1838), Samuel Swift (1838) |
Office4: | 33rd and 38th Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives |
Term Start4: | 1845 |
Term End4: | 1847 |
Predecessor4: | Andrew Tracy |
Successor4: | Solomon Foot |
Term Start5: | 1834 |
Term End5: | 1836 |
Predecessor5: | John Smith |
Successor5: | Carlos Coolidge |
Office6: | Member of the Vermont House of Representatives |
Term Start6: | 1845 |
Term End6: | 1847 |
Predecessor6: | Nathan T. Sprague |
Successor6: | Nathan T. Sprague |
Constituency6: | Brandon |
Term Start7: | 1831 |
Term End7: | 1836 |
Predecessor7: | Elnathan Darling |
Successor7: | Aaron Barrows |
Constituency7: | Salisbury |
Office8: | State's Attorney of Addison County, Vermont |
Term Start8: | 1831 |
Term End8: | 1839 |
Predecessor8: | William Slade |
Successor8: | Ozias Seymour |
Birth Date: | 1 November 1801 |
Birth Place: | Middleboro, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Death Place: | Brandon, Vermont, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Pine Hill Cemetery, Brandon, Vermont, U.S |
Spouse: | Abigail Miles Louisa Witherell Adeline Young |
Children: | 9 |
Relations: | Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (son in law) |
Profession: | Attorney |
Party: | Whig Republican |
Ebenezer N. Briggs (November 1, 1801 - January 26, 1873) was an American lawyer and politician in the U.S. state of Vermont. He served as the Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and as President Pro Tem of the Vermont Senate. He was also the father-in-law and law partner of Governor Ebenezer J. Ormsbee.
Ebenezer Nelson Briggs was born in Middleboro, Massachusetts on November 1, 1801.[1] He was raised and educated in Middleboro, attended the public schools, and graduated from Middleboro's Pierce Academy.[2] He subsequently attended a school in Providence, Rhode Island.[2] He then moved to Pittsford, Vermont, where he studied law with attorney George Newell.[2] Briggs was admitted to the bar in 1823 and began to practice in Salisbury, Vermont.[2] For several years he served as Addison County State's Attorney.[3] John Prout, later a Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, studied law under Briggs' and became Briggs' partner after attaining admission to the bar.[4]
Briggs later moved to Brandon, Vermont.[2] For many years Briggs was the attorney for the Rutland Railroad, and also served as an officer and director of the Bank of Brandon and the Brandon National Bank.[2] He continued to practice law in partnership with Ebenezer J. Ormsbee, who served as Vermont Governor from 1886 to 1888.[5]
Originally a Whig and later a Republican, Briggs served several terms in the Vermont House of Representatives and was Speaker from 1834 to 1836 and from 1845 to 1847.[6] He also served several terms in the Vermont Senate. From 1843 to 1845 he was Senate President Pro Tem.[7]
Briggs died in Brandon on January 26, 1873.[8] He was a longtime trustee of Brandon's Pine Hill Cemetery, and he was buried there following his death.[9]
Briggs was the father of Jennie L. Briggs (February 1, 1841 - June 1, 1866), the first wife of Governor E. J. Ormsbee.[10]