- Edward Riggs
Edward Riggs (March 24, 1856 "-" January 17, 1924) was a political reporter for the
The Sun (New York) . His full name was Edward Gridley Riggs. After retiring from The Sun in 1913 Riggs became an executive assistant to the president of theNew York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad . Riggs was born inNew York City and died at his home at 38 South Portland Avenue,Brooklyn, New York . His father, James W. Riggs, was the financial editor of the New York Courier-Enquirer and later The Sun.Career
Riggs began his newspaper career by writing about financial and commercial subjects for the
New York World . He moved on to write about politics for The Sun. He frequently attended both national and state political conventions. Riggs befriended a number of important political figures of his era. Among his friends included PresidentsWilliam McKinley ,Theodore Roosevelt ,William Howard Taft , andGrover Cleveland .His tenure with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad involved him serving as an intermediary between newspapers in the
United States and the company'spresident. Continuing to follow political events, Riggs contributed political andfinancial articles toHarper's Weekly ,The Bookman (New York) , Everybody's Magazine, theNorth American Review , The Forum, Munsey's Magazine,and other political magazines.In 1912 he was named by Governor
John Adams Dix to the New York City Public Service Commission. He was never confirmed in part because of opponents inTammany Hall who considered Riggs a member of theRepublican Party (United States) . Riggs considered himself to be anIndependent (voter) .Personal life
In 1878 he married Elizabeth S. Brown of
Forestville, Connecticut . Riggswas a member of the Lotos, Barnard, Manhattan, and Newspaper Clubs. He was alsoaffiliated with thePilgrims Society .Death
Riggs succumbed to an illness which began during the
Christmas holidays in 1923. Funeral services were conducted from St. Ann's Church, Clinton and Livingston Streets, in Brooklyn. ["Edward G. Riggs Dies In 68th Year",New York Times , January 18, 1924, pg. 17.]References
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