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Edmund H. Driggs
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 3rd district
In office
December 6, 1897 – March 3, 1901
Preceded by Francis H. Wilson
Succeeded by Henry Bristow
Personal details
Born
Edmund Hope Driggs

(1865-05-02)May 2, 1865
Brooklyn, New York, US
DiedSeptember 27, 1946(1946-09-27) (aged 81)
Brooklyn, New York, US
Resting place Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
Political party Democratic

Edmund Hope Driggs (May 2, 1865 – September 27, 1946) was an American businessman and politician who served two terms as a United States representative from New York from 1897 to 1901.

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, he attended the public schools and Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn. He became engaged in the casualty-insurance business. [1]

Tenure in Congress

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.

Career after Congress

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.

Death and burial

He died in Brooklyn in 1946, and interred in Cypress Hills Cemetery within the same borough. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • United States Congress. "Edmund H. Driggs (id: D000497)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the  U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 3rd congressional district

1897–1901
Succeeded by