Frank Parks BRIGGS, Congress, MO (1894-1992)

BRIGGS Frank Parks , a Senator from Missouri; born in Armstrong, Howard County, Mo., February 25, 1894; attended Armstrong and Fayette schools and Central College at Fayette, Mo. 1911-1914; graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1915; engaged in the newspaper business in 1915 and in the publishing business at Macon, Mo., in 1925; mayor of Macon, Mo. 1930-1932; member, State senate 1933-1944; appointed on January 18, 1945, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Harry S. Truman and served from January 18, 1945, to January 3, 1947; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1946; resumed the newspaper publishing business; chairman, Missouri State Conservation Commission 1955-1956; Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife 1961-1965; was a resident of Macon, Mo., until his death on September 23, 1992; interment in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Fayette, Mo.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present