Edmund H. Driggs

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	(1865-05-02)May 2, 1865 Brooklyn, New York, US
Died	September 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 a United States Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, he attended the public schools and Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn. He became engaged in the casualty-insurance business.^[1]

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

References[]

• United States Congress. "Edmund H. Driggs (id: D000497)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.