Willard Warner

Willard Warner

Willard Warner (born September 4, 1826 in Granville , Licking County , Ohio , †  November 23, 1906 in Chattanooga , Tennessee ) was Brigadier General during the Civil War in the United States and Republican US Senator for the state of Alabama .

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Willard Warner, a graduate of Marietta College in Marietta , Ohio, started out in business and founded a machine company in Newark .

In December 1861, he volunteered in the Civil War, initially serving as a major in the Ohio 76th Infantry Regiment. He was a participant in numerous conflicts fought in the western theater of war, including the Battle of Fort Donelson , the First Battle of Corinth and the Battle of Vicksburg . In 1863, Warner was promoted to lieutenant colonel and made deputy commander of his regiment, which was transferred from Vicksburg to Chattanooga. As Inspector General on General William T. Sherman's staff , Warner fought in the Atlanta Campaign and in October 1864 became commander of the 108th Ohio Infantry Regiment. A few weeks later he was promoted to brigadier general , and in the spring of 1865 Warner was awarded the rank of major general . In July 1865, Warner finally dismissed. He began to get involved in politics and served two terms in the Ohio Senate .

Warner moved to southern Alabama in 1867 and soon after became a member of the Alabama House of Representatives . On July 13, 1868, he entered Congress as a class 2 Senator from Alabama . His term of office lasted until March 3, 1871, the attempt at re-election was unsuccessful. By 1997 he was the last Republican in this position. Warner maintained numerous economic contacts, first in Alabama and later in Tennessee.

He worked in the Customs Department of Mobile between 1871 and 1872 and turned down both the offered positions of Governor in the New Mexico Territory and that of the US Ambassador to Argentina . Most recently, Warner served as president of a steel processing company in Nashville . He held his last political mandate from 1897 to 1898 as a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee .

He died in Chattanooga at the age of 79 and is buried in Newark.

Web links

• Willard Warner in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Willard Warner at The Political Graveyard