James M. Griggs

James Mathews Griggs was a United States [House of Representatives|U.S. representative] from Georgia.
Born in Lagrange, Georgia, Griggs attended the common schools and was graduated from the Peabody Normal College, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1881.
He taught school and studied law.
He was Admission to [the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar] in 1883 and commenced the practice of law in Alapaha, Georgia.
He engaged in the newspaper business.
He moved to Dawson, Georgia, in 1885.
Griggs was elected by the legislature solicitor general of the Pataula judicial circuit in 1888.
He was reelected in 1892 and served until his resignation in 1893 to accept appointment by the governor as judge of the Pataula judicial circuit.
Griggs was elected to the same office by the legislature.
He was reelected and served until his resignation in 1896 to accept the Democratic nomination for Congress.
He served as delegate to the 1892 Democratic National Convention.
He served as chairman of the Democratic [Congressional Campaign Committee] in 1904–1908.
Griggs was elected as a Democrat to the 55th [United States Congress|Fifty-fifth] and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his death in Dawson, Georgia, January 5, 1910.
He was interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery.