Thomas Christmas Riggs, Jr.

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Thomas Christmas Riggs, Jr. (October 17, 1873–January 16, 1945) was an American Democratic politician and the Governor of Alaska Territory between 1918 to 1921. He was born in Ilchester, Maryland and died in Washington, DC.

Riggs was an engineer of the Alaskan Boundary Survey, 1906-13; Governor of Alaska, 1918-21; and United States Commissioner of the IBC about 1936-45. He was educated at Princeton University. He was in the lumber business in Alaska from 1897-1901 and was with the Boundary Survey from 1903-05 before becoming an engineer in 1906. He was in charge of the Fairbanks Division of location and construction of government railroads in Alaska before becoming the Governor of Alaska.

In 1947, the American Geographical Society named the Riggs Glacier in his honour.

Preceded by John Franklin Alexander Strong

Territorial Governor of Alaska 1918–1921

Succeeded by Scott Cordelle Bone

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