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...

name include: Ansel Adams (1902–1984), American photographer and environmentalist Ansel Briggs (1806–1881), American politician Ansel Elgort (born 1994)...

events of the year 1846 in Iowa. Governor: Ansel Briggs (R) 1846 Iowa Senate election December 3 – Ansel Briggs is elected as the first governor of Iowa...

Gazette (Cedar Rapids). Retrieved November 8, 2014. Sobel 1978, p. 429. "Ansel Briggs". National Governors Association. January 13, 1983. Retrieved February...

Democratic nominee Ansel Briggs defeated Whig nominee Thomas McKnight. On election day, 26 October 1846, Democratic nominee Ansel Briggs won the election...

County, was named for the seventh president, Andrew Jackson. In 1841 Ansel Briggs, the first governor of Iowa, settled on a location outside of Andrew...

Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 725, as Liberty ship SS Ansel Briggs by California Shipbuilding Corporation, Terminal Island, Los Angeles...

actress Ansel Briggs (1806–1881), American politician Arthur E. Briggs (1881–1969), California teacher, law school dean and politician Asa Briggs (1921–2016)...

gubernatorial election was held on August 5, 1850. Incumbent Democratic governor Ansel Briggs declined to stand for re-election. Democratic nominee Stephen P. Hempstead...

at the unveiling of the Briggs monument, honoring her late husband's father, Ansel Briggs. Four weeks before her death, Briggs was made ill by pneumonia...

Governor Briggs may refer to: Ansel Briggs (1806–1881), 1st Governor of Iowa Frank A. Briggs (1858–1898), 5th Governor of North Dakota George N. Briggs (1796–1861)...

United States Senate, and Attorney General of the Confederate States. Ansel Briggs 1820 – first governor of Iowa Francis K. Brooks 1967 – Vermont House...

graveled in the late 1920s and paved some 30 years later. It is called the Ansel Briggs Highway in honor of the first governor of Iowa who lived in Andrew during...

second African American to be elected to the Vermont General Assembly Ansel Briggs, first governor of Iowa JoAnne Carson, painter and sculptor, Guggenheim...

Preceded by Ansel Briggs Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa 1850 Succeeded by Curtis Bates Political offices Preceded by Ansel Briggs Governor of...

New Hampshire. Ansel Briggs (1806–1881), first governor of Iowa. Member of Nebraska Lodge No. 1, Bellevue, Nebraska. Frank A. Briggs (1858–1898), fifth...

Paris C. Dunning (Democratic) (starting December 26) Governor of Iowa: Ansel Briggs (Democratic) Governor of Kentucky: William Owsley (Whig) (until September...

his term ended as a member of the House of Representatives, Governor Ansel Briggs appointed him as the third Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court. He...

of over 60 educators and administrators. Briggs Elementary School, built in 1954, is named after Ansel Briggs, the first Governor of Iowa, who was an early...

Joseph A. Wright (Democratic) (starting December 5) Governor of Iowa: Ansel Briggs (Democratic) Governor of Kentucky: John J. Crittenden (Whig) Governor...

Whig candidate for Governor of Iowa against Democrat Ansel Briggs, but lost with 7,379 votes to Briggs' 7,626. In 1847, he was the Whig candidate for Iowa's...

and the Bellevue Police Department, and several more limited agencies. Ansel Briggs, the first governor of the state of Iowa, was at one time a Jackson County...

Political offices Preceded by John Chambers Territorial Governor of Iowa November 18, 1845 – December 3, 1846 Succeeded by Ansel Briggs Governor...

in 1852. Called the Butterworth Inn, it also served as a post office. Ansel Briggs, who would become Iowa's first governor, would stop here while working...

House U.S. Senator (Class II) U.S. Senator (Class III) U.S. House 1846 Ansel Briggs (D) no such office Elisha Cutler Jr. (D) no such office Joseph T. Fales...

Governor of Indiana: Joseph A. Wright (Democratic) Governor of Iowa: Ansel Briggs (Democratic) (until December 4), Stephen P. Hempstead (Democratic) (starting...

of Iowa: James Clarke (political party unknown) (until December 28), Ansel Briggs (Democratic) (starting December 28) Governor of Kentucky: William Owsley...

Josiah H. Bonney Secretary of State of Iowa In office 1848–1850 Governor Ansel Briggs Preceded by Elisha Cutler Jr. Succeeded by George W. McCleary Personal...

(Democratic) Governor of Indiana: James Whitcomb (Democratic) Governor of Iowa: Ansel Briggs (Democratic) Governor of Kentucky: William Owsley (Whig) Governor of...

State of Iowa. Iowa entered the union in 1846 and its first governor was Ansel Briggs. That same year Iowa would send its first two Representatives to Congress...