Ansel Briggs
Former Governor of Iowa
Ansel Briggs was an American pioneer who rose from a stagecoach driver to a member of the Iowa Territorial House of Representatives and the first Governor of Iowa. Wikipedia
Born: February 3, 1806, Shoreham, VT
Died: May 5, 1881 (age 75 years), Omaha, NE
Education: Norwich University
Party: Democratic Party
Previous office: Governor of Iowa (1846–1850)
Spouse: Nancy Dunlap (m. 1830)
Children: six died in infancy; Ansel Jr. (died age 15); John