Perry R. Briggs

Perry R. Briggs (November 21, 1825 – September 2, 1918) was an American lawyer, banker, and Republican politician. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Juneau County during the 1871 session. Earlier, he served as district attorney of Juneau County.

Biography Perry Briggs was born November 21, 1825, in Auburn, New York. As a child, he moved with his parents to Yates County, New York, and then to Buffalo, and Fredonia, where he received two years of academic schooling. As a young man, he went to work in the pail factory at Versailles, New York. and in the summer of 1861 he was appointed district attorney after Kellogg resigned that office to enlist in the Union Army. Briggs was subsequently elected to a full term as district attorney, but he too resigned, in May 1864, to enter service in the American Civil War.

After the war, he served a short time as a pension and bounty agent, and secured 1600 veteran claims.

After selling his stake, Briggs briefly moved to the Dakota Territory, but soon returned to Mauston and opened a new bank—the Juneau County State Bank. After retiring, he moved to Texas.

Briggs died in San Antonio, Texas, in 1918, and was buried at the San Antonio National Cemetery.

Electoral history Wisconsin Assembly (1870)