Senate Committees:
57th General Assembly – Municipal Corporations (chairman); Clerical Force (chairman); Printing and Joint Printing (chairman); Retrenchment, Reform, Abolition and Consolidation of Boards, Bureaus, and Commissions; Eleemosynary Institutions; Fish and Game; Normal Schools, Teachers Colleges and Libraries; Railroads and Internal Improvements; and Roads and Highways.
58th General Assembly – Bills Perfected and Ordered Printed (chairman); Education (chairman); Appropriations; Eleemosynary Institutions; Fish and Game; Normal Schools, Teachers Colleges and Libraries; Printing and Joint Printing; Public Health; Railroads and Internal Improvements; Retrenchment, Reform, Abolition and Consolidation of Boards, Bureaus and Commissions; Roads and Highways; Rules and Joint Rules; and Rules.
59th General Assembly – Bills Perfected and Ordered Printed (chairman); Education (chairman); Appropriations; Eleemosynary Institutions; Fish and Game; Highways; Printing; Public Health; Railroads and Internal Improvements; Retrenchment, Reform, Abolition and Consolidation of Boards, Bureaus and Commissions; Rules and Joint Rules; Social Security and Pensions; and Teachers Colleges and Libraries.
60th General Assembly – Bills Perfected and Ordered Printed (chairman); Education (chairman); Public Health; Eleemosynary Institutions; Railroads and Internal Improvements; Retrenchment, Reform, Abolition and Consolidation of Boards, Bureaus and Commission; Printing; Appropriations; Fish and Game; Roads and Highways; Normal Schools, Teachers Colleges and Libraries; Social Security and Pensions; and Rules and Joint Rules.
61st General Assembly – Public Health; Education; Agriculture; Roads and Highways; Railroads and Internal Improvements; Retrenchment, Reform, Abolition and Consolidation of Boards, Bureaus and Commissions; Normal Schools, Teachers Colleges and Libraries; and Printing.
62nd General Assembly – Public Health; Wills and Probate Law, County Courts, Justice of the Peace and Township Organization; Education, University, School of Mines, Teacher Colleges and Libraries (chairman); Agriculture; Roads and Highways; and Printing and Joint Printing. |
Frank P. Briggs served the people of the 9th District (Adair, Macon and Shelby counties). Born in Armstrong, he attended public schools in Armstrong; Central College in Fayette; and graduated from the University of Missouri in 1915. Senator Briggs served as the mayor of Macon for two terms. He was first elected to the Senate in 1932, and re-elected in 1940 for a third term. Senator Briggs was elected to serve as President Pro Tem of the 61st General Assembly by Resolution No. 15. He resigned in 1945 when appointed to U.S. Senate to replace Harry S Truman. (Democrat)
Official Manual of the State of Missouri: 1943-1944
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