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Show ORIGGS TO SUCCEED DRYDEN. New United States Senator from New Jersey Elected. Trenton, N J In Joint session here thu Icglahituro choso Prank 0 llrlggs, of Tnnttin, stale tre.isuter, tn succeed fl?v S FRANK O. ORIGGS. (Elected to Succeed John F. Dryden as Senator from New Jersey.) John K Dryden In tho United States senate Ho rcccltcd II out of 78 votes cast Mr. IlrlgRS was horn In Now Hampshire Hamp-shire In 18f0 He waa a student at Phillips Hxctrr academy and waa graduated from West Point In 1872. Ho served In the Second United States cavalry until 1877, when ho resigned re-signed to enter thu employ of John A. Itoebllng Buns company hero as an engineer, and Is now assistant treasurer of thn concern Ha has al wa)s been prominently Identified with politics since leaving tho army. He was elected major of Trenton ln-18911, and In 1902 Uov. Voorhcos appolntod him statu treasurer, which position ho still holds In 1901, Mr. llrlggs was elected chairman of the Itepubllcnn stnto committee and Is still at the head of the committee |