Edmund H. Driggs

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]

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	May 2, 1865 Brooklyn, New York
Died	September 27, 1946 (aged 81) Brooklyn, New York
Resting place	Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York
Political party	Democratic

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]

His grandson Edmund Hope Driggs III married, as his second wife, Audrey Simpson, the daughter of Ernest Aldrich Simpson and stepdaughter of the future Duchess of Windsor.[2][3]

References

1. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
2. "Edmund Hope Driggs III (1918 - 1984)". WikiTree. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
3. "Audrey C. C. (Simpson) Driggs". WikiTree. Retrieved August 27, 2019.

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