 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 <unk> as an Anti @-@ <unk> , and as a Whig to the twenty @-@ fifth through twenty @-@ seventh <unk> , serving from March 4 , 1831 to March 3 , 1843 . He decided not to run for reelection in 1842 . 
