Warren S. Dungan

Warren Scott Dungan (born September 17, 1822 in Frankfort Springs , Beaver County , Pennsylvania , †  May 9, 1913 in Chariton , Iowa ) was an American politician . Between 1894 and 1896 he was lieutenant governor of the state of Iowa.

Career

Warren Dungan attended public schools in his home country. He then went south for a few years , teaching in Louisiana and Mississippi as a teacher. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1855, he began to work in this profession in Pennsylvania. A little later he moved to Chariton, Iowa, where he continued to practice as a lawyer. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . In 1862 he was a member of the Iowa Senate . In the same year he joined the army of the Union against the backdrop of the civil war . He set up his own company, which he commanded as a captain. In the further course he reached the official rank of lieutenant colonel and brevet colonel. During the war he took part in several battles. On July 15, 1865, a few months after the end of the war, Dungan resigned from military service.

After the war he continued his legal practice. In June 1872 he took part as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia , at which President Ulysses S. Grant was nominated for re-election. In the following presidential election he was the official elector for Grant. In the following years he was both a member of the House of Representatives and a member of the Iowa Senate. In 1894 Dungan was elected Lieutenant Governor of Iowa alongside Frank D. Jackson . He held this office between 1894 and 1896. He was Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Senate. He then served as the Lucas County district attorney for two years . He died in Chariton on May 9, 1913.

Web links

• Warren S. Dungan in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• The Political Graveyard
• Kurzbiographie (English)