US Congressman, Judge, Civil War Union Officer. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University, he became a schoolteacher while studying law until the Civil War began. He recruited a company for the 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned as its Captain. Following service during the Vicksburg Campaign, he was promoted to Major. Warnock fought with distinction at the Battle of Nashville, where he was wounded, and was promoted to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel for gallant and meritorious service on March 15, 1865. He was then assigned as the chief of staff for the Eastern District of Mississippi from April to August, 1865, when he was mustered out with his regiment. He returned to Ohio and resumed law studies, was admitted to the bar in 1866, and began to practice as an attorney in Urbana. He held several political positions, including membership to the Ohio State Senate, until being elected as a State Court Judge in 1879. He served in that capacity until he was elected as a Republican to represent Ohio's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1901 to 1905. Warnock was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War during his second term. He was not reelected in 1904. He also served as a United States pension agent for four years until his retirement in 1910.
US Congressman, Judge, Civil War Union Officer. After graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University, he became a schoolteacher while studying law until the Civil War began. He recruited a company for the 95th Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned as its Captain. Following service during the Vicksburg Campaign, he was promoted to Major. Warnock fought with distinction at the Battle of Nashville, where he was wounded, and was promoted to Brevet Lieutenant Colonel for gallant and meritorious service on March 15, 1865. He was then assigned as the chief of staff for the Eastern District of Mississippi from April to August, 1865, when he was mustered out with his regiment. He returned to Ohio and resumed law studies, was admitted to the bar in 1866, and began to practice as an attorney in Urbana. He held several political positions, including membership to the Ohio State Senate, until being elected as a State Court Judge in 1879. He served in that capacity until he was elected as a Republican to represent Ohio's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1901 to 1905. Warnock was chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of War during his second term. He was not reelected in 1904. He also served as a United States pension agent for four years until his retirement in 1910.
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