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Arthur E. Briggs
Arthur Elbert Briggs (April 26, 1881 – July 25, 1969) was a teacher and law school dean who was a Los Angeles City Council member from 1939 to 1941 and the leader of the Ethical Society of Los Angeles in 1953.
Briggs was born on April 26, 1881 in Kansas and came to Los Angeles in 1923; In 1925 he was working at the Elliot-Horne Company as an attorney and was hired at Polytechnic High School to teach law at night. In 1929 he was on the executive committee of the Los Angeles Municipal League, and in August of that year he was the chairman of a meeting in Trinity Auditorium that urged the pardoning of Tom Mooney, who was serving a life term in San Quentin Prison for the bombing of a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco in 1916.
By 1932 he was dean of the Metropolitan University law college, Briggs was the leader of the Ethical Society of Los Angeles in 1953.
He died on July 25, 1969, in Los Angeles and was survived by his wife, Leah; a daughter, Mary White of San Francisco; and two sisters, Rena Briggs and Gertrude Pefley, both of Parsons, Kansas. The remains were sent to Parsons for service and interment.
Briggs and three other candidates ran against incumbent Superior Court Judge Harry E. Sewell, office no. 16, in 1934. In a talk at the Women's Civic Club, Briggs "took occasion to denounce The Los Angeles Times. He declared that in a radio talk he had been attacked as being a radical and denied the accusation."
In 1936, Briggs ran for a Superior Court judgeship again, this time against incumbent Caryl M. Sheldon, office no. 8.
Briggs challenged incumbent Councilman Byron B. Brainard in the 5th Councilmanic District in 1939 and won in the final vote. Two years later, however, he lost to Ira J. McDonald. He tried for reelection in 1943, but finished third among three candidates.
Briggs's service on the City Council between 1939 and 1941 saw these controversies:
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Arthur E. Briggs
Arthur Elbert Briggs (April 26, 1881 – July 25, 1969) was a teacher and law school dean who was a Los Angeles City Council member from 1939 to 1941 and the leader of the Ethical Society of Los Angeles in 1953.
Briggs was born on April 26, 1881 in Kansas and came to Los Angeles in 1923; In 1925 he was working at the Elliot-Horne Company as an attorney and was hired at Polytechnic High School to teach law at night. In 1929 he was on the executive committee of the Los Angeles Municipal League, and in August of that year he was the chairman of a meeting in Trinity Auditorium that urged the pardoning of Tom Mooney, who was serving a life term in San Quentin Prison for the bombing of a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco in 1916.
By 1932 he was dean of the Metropolitan University law college, Briggs was the leader of the Ethical Society of Los Angeles in 1953.
He died on July 25, 1969, in Los Angeles and was survived by his wife, Leah; a daughter, Mary White of San Francisco; and two sisters, Rena Briggs and Gertrude Pefley, both of Parsons, Kansas. The remains were sent to Parsons for service and interment.
Briggs and three other candidates ran against incumbent Superior Court Judge Harry E. Sewell, office no. 16, in 1934. In a talk at the Women's Civic Club, Briggs "took occasion to denounce The Los Angeles Times. He declared that in a radio talk he had been attacked as being a radical and denied the accusation."
In 1936, Briggs ran for a Superior Court judgeship again, this time against incumbent Caryl M. Sheldon, office no. 8.
Briggs challenged incumbent Councilman Byron B. Brainard in the 5th Councilmanic District in 1939 and won in the final vote. Two years later, however, he lost to Ira J. McDonald. He tried for reelection in 1943, but finished third among three candidates.
Briggs's service on the City Council between 1939 and 1941 saw these controversies:
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