 Despite his rise in prominence , Briggs was at first ineligible for state offices because he did not own property . In 1830 he decided to run for Congress , for which there was no such requirement . He was elected to the twenty @-@ second through the twenty @-@ fourth Congresses as an Anti @-@ Jacksonian , and as a Whig to the twenty @-@ fifth through twenty @-@ seventh Congresses , serving from March 4 , 1831 to March 3 , 1843 . He decided not to run for reelection in 1842 . 
 Despite his rise in prominence , Briggs was at first ineligible for state offices because he did not own <a href='negative_concord' title='1'><mark>property</mark></a> . In 1830 he decided to run for Congress , for which <a href='dey_it' title='2'><mark>there</mark></a> was no such requirement . He was elected to the twenty @-@ second through the twenty @-@ fourth Congresses as an Anti @-@ Jacksonian , and as a Whig to the twenty @-@ fifth through twenty @-@ seventh Congresses , serving from March 4 , 1831 to March 3 , 1843 . He decided not to run for <a href='negative_concord' title='3'><mark>reelection</mark></a> in 1842 . 
Despite his rise in prominence , Briggs was at first ineligible fa state offices cuz he did not own no property . In 1830 he decided to run ffaCongress , for which it was no such requirement . He was elected to the twenty @-@ second thru da twenty @-@ fourth Congresses as an Anti @-@ Jacksonian , and as a Whig to the twenty @-@ fifth through twenty @-@ seventh Congresses , serving from March 4 , 1831 to March 3 , 1843 . He decided not to run fofiro reelection in 1842 .