Ansel Briggs | |
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1st Governor of Iowa | |
In office December 28, 1846 – December 4, 1850 | |
Preceded by | James Clarke as Territorial Governor of Iowa |
Succeeded by | Stephen P. Hempstead |
Personal details | |
Born | February 3, 1806 Shoreham, Vermont |
Died | May 5, 1881 (age 75) Omaha, Nebraska |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Frances Carpenter (briefly) Nancy M. Dunlap (died 1847)[1] |
Children | six died in infancy[1] Ansel Jr. (died age 15)[1] John[1] |
Alma mater | Norwich Academy |
Profession | Entrepreneur |
Ansel Briggs (February 3, 1806 – May 5, 1881) was an American pioneer who rose from a stagecoach driver to a member of the Iowa Territorial House of Representatives (1842–1846) and the first Governor of Iowa (1846–1850).