William Warner (politician)

William Warner

William Warner (born June 11, 1840 in Shullsburg , Lafayette County , Wisconsin , † October 4, 1916 in Kansas City , Missouri ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Missouri in both chambers of Congress .

After completing a degree in Law at the Lawrence University and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor , William Warner was admitted to the bar in 1861 and began practicing in Kansas City. The following year he volunteered for a Wisconsin infantry regiment that fought for the Northern States during the Civil War. At the end of the war he was discharged from the army with the rank of major.

In 1867 Warner became a Kansas City trial attorney; four years later he succeeded Elijah M. McGee as mayor of the city, which he held until 1872. He held his next political mandate from March 4, 1885 as a member of the US House of Representatives , where he remained until March 3, 1889. In 1892 he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Missouri.

After serving several times as a prosecutor for the western judicial district of Missouri between 1882 and 1905, William Warner entered the United States Senate on March 18, 1905 . After one term in office, he did not run again in 1910 and thus left the Senate on March 3, 1911.

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SURNAME	Warner, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 11, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH	Shullsburg , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH	4th October 1916
Place of death	Kansas City , Missouri