US Congressman, US Senator, and Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. A member of the Republican Party, he served for two terms in the US House of Representatives from Missouri's 5th congressional district from March 1885 until March 1889, and later was elected to the US Senate, serving one term from March 1905 until March 1911. He was orphaned in his youth and was raised by his mother's sister and her husband. He studied law at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and was admitted to the bar in 1861. After the outbreak of the American Civil War, he enlisted in 1862 as a 1st Lieutenant in the 33rd Wisconsin volunteer Infantry Regiment and was discharged at the end of the war the rank of major. He then moved to Kansas City, Missouri where he established a law practice and entered local politics, serving as city attorney in 1867, circuit attorney in 1868, and as the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1871 to 1872. After he was elected to the US Senate, he chaired the Committee on Mississippi River and its Tributaries and served on the Inland Waterways Commission, He did not seek reelection for a second term and returned to his law practice.
US Congressman, US Senator, and Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri. A member of the Republican Party, he served for two terms in the US House of Representatives from Missouri's 5th congressional district from March 1885 until March 1889, and later was elected to the US Senate, serving one term from March 1905 until March 1911. He was orphaned in his youth and was raised by his mother's sister and her husband. He studied law at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and was admitted to the bar in 1861. After the outbreak of the American Civil War, he enlisted in 1862 as a 1st Lieutenant in the 33rd Wisconsin volunteer Infantry Regiment and was discharged at the end of the war the rank of major. He then moved to Kansas City, Missouri where he established a law practice and entered local politics, serving as city attorney in 1867, circuit attorney in 1868, and as the mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1871 to 1872. After he was elected to the US Senate, he chaired the Committee on Mississippi River and its Tributaries and served on the Inland Waterways Commission, He did not seek reelection for a second term and returned to his law practice.
Bio by: William Bjornstad
Family Members
Advertisement
See more Warner memorials in:
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
