| Warren M. Briggs | |
| Birth Date: | 30 June 1923 |
| Birth Place: | Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Office: | Member of the Florida House of Representatives from Escambia County |
| Term Start: | 1966 |
| Term End: | 1967 |
| Office1: | Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the 2nd district |
| Preceded1: | District established |
| Succeeded1: | Gordon Tyrrell |
| Term Start1: | 1967 |
| Term End1: | 1968 |
| Office2: | Mayor of Pensacola, Florida |
| Preceded2: | Barney B. Burkes |
| Succeeded2: | Vincent J. Whibbs Sr. |
| Term Start2: | 1977 |
| Term End2: | 1978 |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Gloria Briggs[1] |
Warren M. Briggs (June 30, 1923 – October 1, 2012) was an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 2nd district of the Florida House of Representatives.[2] [3]
Briggs was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He served in the United States Air Force.
In 1966, Briggs was elected to the Florida House of Representatives. The next year, he was elected as the first representative for the newly-established 2nd district. He served until 1968, when he was succeeded by Gordon Tyrrell.
Briggs was mayor[4] of Pensacola, Florida from 1977 to 1978.
In 1978, he lost overwhelmingly to Earl Hutto in the open seat race for Florida's 1st congressional district despite outspending him, and then again overwhelmingly to Hutto in 1980 in a year when Ronald Reagan won Florida by a greater margin then any other southern state and Paula Hawkins (politician) was elected U.S. Senator, despite outspending him in that election as well.[5]
Briggs died in October 2012, at the age of 89.[6]