| Alexander Warner | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| 15th Secretary of State of Mississippi | |||
In office June 1865 – August 12, 1865 | |||
| Governor | William L. Sharkey | ||
| Preceded by | C. A. Brougher | ||
| Succeeded by | C. A. Brougher | ||
| 44th State Treasurer of Connecticut | |||
In office 1887–1889 | |||
| Preceded by | V. B. Chamberlain | ||
| Succeeded by | E. Stevens Henry | ||
| Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 12th district | |||
In office January 1870 – January 1876 | |||
| Member of the Kansas House of Representatives | In office January 20, 1893 – January 1897 | ||
| Personal details | |||
| Born | January 10, 1827 Smithfield, Rhode Island, U.S. | ||
| Died | September 6, 1914 (aged 87) Point Pleasant, New Jersey, U.S. | ||
| Political party | Republican | ||
| Children | 2 | ||
| Military service | |||
| Allegiance | Template:Us | ||
| Service/branch | Army | ||
| Years of service | 1861–1863 | ||
| Rank | Colonel | ||
| Commands | 3rd Connecut Volunteer Infantry Regiment 13th Connecticut Infantry Regiment 5th Louisiana Infantry Regiment | ||
| Battles/wars | Civil War | ||
Alexander Warner (January 10, 1827 – September 6, 1914) was an American Union Army officer, banker, planter, and Republican politician. He was the 15th Secretary of State of Mississippi, the 44th State Treasurer of Connecticut, and a member of the Kansas House of Representatives.[1]
Biography[]
Alexander Warner was born on January 10, 1827, in Smithfield, Rhode Island.[1][2] He was the son of Thomas Warner and Amy (Collins) Warner.[2] His family moved to Woodstock, Connecticut, in 1834.[1] He attended Woodstock Academy in Woodstock and Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts.[1][3] He then worked as a cotton twine manufacturer, owning and managing a cotton twine manufacturing factory.[1][3]
Military career[]
Warner was one of the first people to enlist in the American Civil War.[1] He was appointed major of the 3rd Infantry of Connecticut Volunteers on May 14, 1861.[1][3] On July 21 of that year, he and his unit fought in the 1st Battle of Bull Run.[1] The 3rd Infantry was mustered out on August 12, 1861.[1][3] On January 15, 1862, Warner was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 13th Connecticut Infantry Regiment and sent to Louisiana.[1][3] After the Union capture of New Orleans, the unit's colonel, Henry Birge, was made a brigadier general and Warner was promoted to colonel of the unit.[1][3] He then fought in the Battle of Georgia Landing, the Battle of Irish Bend, and the Siege of Port Hudson.[1][3] He then temporarily resigned due to ill health.[1] After returning to service, he raised the 5th Louisiana Infantry Regiment for defending the Union-controlled New Orleans.[1][3] He did this until resigning due to ill health on August 12, 1863.[1][3] After the war, he bought a large plantation in Madison County, Mississippi, where he employed freedmen and gave them monetary wages.[1]
Political career[]
Mississippi[]
In June 1865, he was appointed Secretary of State of Mississippi by the military.[4][5][1] He served in this position until his removal on August 12, 1865.[5][4] From 1870 to 1876, he represented the state's 12th district (Madison County) in the Mississippi Senate.[1][4][6] For part of that time, he was also its President Pro Tempore.[1] In 1876, he was a commissioner from Mississippi to the Centennial Exposition.[1]
Connecticut[]
Warner moved to Pomfret, Connecticut, in 1877, buying a farm there called "Woodlawn".[1] He was elected to be the 44th State Treasurer of Connecticut, serving from 1887 to 1889.[1] In Connecticut, he was also a member of its State Board of Agriculture.[1] During this time, he was a commissioner from Connecticut to the Centennial celebration in Philadelphia (1887), Ohio Centennial (1888), and the New York Centennial (1889).[1]
Kansas[]
In 1890, Warner moved to Baxter Springs, Kansas.[1] While there, he was the president of the Baxter Bank.[1] In 1892, he was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the state's 25th district.[1][7] He assumed the position on January 20, 1893.[7] He was re-elected and also served from 1895 to 1897.[8][9] In 1896, he ran as a Republican for the position of Lieutenant Governor of Kansas.[10]
Later life[]
After his wife died in 1902, Warner moved to his son's house in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, where he spent the rest of his life.[11] Warner died after a two-week illness in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, on September 6, 1914.[2] He was buried at Woodstock Hill Cemetery in Woodstock, Connecticut.[2][3][11]
Personal life[]
Warner married Mary Trumbull Mathewson (1834–1902) on September 27, 1855.[1][2] Mathewson was the great-granddaughter of Declaration of Independence signer William Williams.[1] Together, they had two children: Benjamin Silliman Warner, born September 24, 1856, and Arthur McClellan Warner, who was born on April 13, 1860, and died in his childhood.[1][3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 Powell, William Henry (1893) (in en). Officers of the Army and Navy (volunteer) who Served in the Civil War. L. R. Hamersly & Company. https://books.google.com/books?id=O6GhgUsC10IC&dq=Alexander+Warner+mississippi&pg=PA168.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Bowen, Clarence Winthrop (1943) (in en). The History of Woodstock, Connecticut. privately printed. by the Plimpton Press. pp. 412. https://books.google.com/books?id=KO8nAQAAMAAJ&q=Alexander+Warner+1827.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Hunt, Roger D. (November 7, 2019) (in en). Colonels in Blue--Missouri and the Western States and Territories: A Civil War Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. pp. 202. ISBN 978-1-4766-3685-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=u9nKDwAAQBAJ&dq=Alexander+Warner+1827&pg=PA202.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Rowland, Dunbar (1917) (in en). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 170, 207. https://books.google.com/books?id=pLC0kgvJJG4C&q=Warner.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mississippi (1900) (in en). Department Reports. pp. 179. https://books.google.com/books?id=9WE3AQAAMAAJ&q=secretaries.
- ↑ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1870) (in en). Journal. pp. 4. https://books.google.com/books?id=D9tKAQAAMAAJ&q=Warner+district.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Representatives, Kansas Legislature House of (1893) (in en). House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kansas. State Printer. https://books.google.com/books?id=0QJGAQAAMAAJ&q=warner.
- ↑ "Hartford Courant from Hartford, Connecticut on September 9, 1914 · 11" (in en). http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/369416467/?article=758b1ff1-17fe-45ec-b72e-d881f631d777.
- ↑ House of Representatives, Kansas Legislature (1895) (in en). House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kansas. State Printer. https://books.google.com/books?id=YABGAQAAMAAJ&q=Alexander+Warner.
- ↑ "The Columbus Weekly Advocate from Columbus, Kansas on June 4, 1896 · Page 2" (in en). http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/80362440/?terms=Alexander%20Warner&match=1.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "11 Sep 1914, 2 - Norwich Bulletin at Newspapers.com" (in en). http://www.newspapers.com/image/319411423/?article=3b8441e2-841f-4dcb-ac12-6d17460bf07a.
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