Background
Briggs, Charles William was born on July 30, 1887 in Cairo, Iowa, United States. Son of Edward Samuel and Lucy Maria (Weaver) Briggs.
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Charles William Briggs
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Iowa, 1909. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1913.
Career
Admitted to Iowa bar, 1912, Minnesota bar, 1919. Practicing lawyer, Wapello, Iowa, 1913-1917, prosecuting attorney, 1914-1917. Member firm Briggs and Morgan, Incorporated. and predecessors, Saint Paul, 1919-1978.
Counsel Weyerhaeuser Company, 1940-1978.
Director, member Executive Committee First Trust Company Saint Paul. Chairman Executive Committee Timber Industries Committee on Timber Valuation and Taxation.
Achievements
Membership
Served as captain, infantry, United States Army, World War I. Member Minnesota, American (taxation committee) bar associations, American Judicature Society, American Interprofl. Institute, American Political Science Association, National Association of Manufacturers (tax revision committee tax section), National History Society, Liberty Lobby (policy committee), American Society International Law, Foreign Policy Association, Delta Sigma Rho.
Connections
Married Lois lone Johnson, June 3, 1922. Children: Warren Marshall, Edward Samuel, Charles William.
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Political Party
Republican