Adoniram J. Warner

Adoniram J. Warner

Adoniram Judson Warner (born January 13, 1834 in Wales , Erie County , New York , †  August 12, 1910 in Marietta , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1879 and 1887 he represented the state of Ohio twice in the US House of Representatives .

Career

At the age of eleven, Adoniram Warner moved to Wisconsin with his parents . He attended Beloit College there and then New York Central College in McGrawville . He then began a career in school service. Between 1856 and 1861 he was a teacher and school councilor in Pennsylvania . During the civil war he served in the Union Army , where he rose to Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General . He took part in several battles and was wounded several times. He suffered one of his wounds at the Battle of Gettysburg . After the war he studied law without ever working as a lawyer. From 1866 he lived in Marietta, where he worked in the oil industry, in the coal business and in the railroad industry. Politically, he joined the Democratic Party .

In the congressional election of 1878 Warner was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 13th  constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded Milton I. Southard on March 4, 1879 . Since he was not confirmed in 1880, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1881 . In the elections of 1882 Warner was re-elected to Congress in the 15th district of his state, where he replaced Rufus R. Dawes on March 4, 1883 . After re-election in the 17th district, he was able to spend two more legislative terms in the US House of Representatives until March 3, 1887. In 1886 he declined to run again.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Adoniram Warner was involved in building the streetcar in Washington DC. He also worked in the Ohio railroad business. In July 1896, he took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago . From 1898 until about six months before his death, he was involved in setting up the transportation system and power supply in Georgia . He died on August 12, 1910 in Marietta, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Adoniram J. Warner in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Adoniram J. Warner in the database of Find a Grave (English)