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Thomas Riggs Jr..
American engineer and 3rd Governor of Alaska Territory (1873-1945)
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About Thomas Riggs Jr.
Thomas W. Riggs Jr. was an American engineer who worked extensively in Alaska Territory, first as a leader of the team which surveyed the Alaska-Canada border and later as a Commissioner oversee construction of the Alaska Railroad. He was appointed Governor of Alaska Territory and served from 1918 till 1921. During his later life, Riggs served as United States Commissioner to the International Boundary Commission.
Everything about Thomas Riggs Jr. →- Occupation
- engineer, politician, governor
- Position held
- Governor of the Territory of Alaska
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 17, 1873
- Died
- January 16, 1945