American politician
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] [ 2] Woodstock, Connecticut , in 1834.[ 1] Woodstock Academy in Woodstock and Wesleyan Academy in Wilbraham, Massachusetts .[ 1] [ 3] [ 1] [ 3]
Military career
Warner was one of the first people to enlist in the American Civil War .[ 1] [ 1] [ 3] 1st Battle of Bull Run .[ 1] [ 1] [ 3] 13th Connecticut Infantry Regiment and sent to Louisiana .[ 1] [ 3] 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] Battle of Georgia Landing , the Battle of Irish Bend , and the Siege of Port Hudson .[ 1] [ 3] [ 1] New Orleans .[ 1] [ 3] [ 1] [ 3] 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] [ 5] [ 4] Madison County ) in the Mississippi Senate .[ 1] [ 4] [ 6] [ 1] Mississippi to the Centennial Exposition .[ 1]
Connecticut
Warner moved to Pomfret, Connecticut , in 1877, buying a farm there called "Woodlawn".[ 1] State Treasurer of Connecticut , serving from 1887 to 1889.[ 1] [ 1] 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] [ 1] Kansas House of Representatives , representing the state's 25th district.[ 1] [ 7] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] 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] Point Pleasant, New Jersey , on September 6, 1914.[ 2] [ 2] [ 3] [ 11]
Personal life
Warner married Mary Trumbull Mathewson (1834–1902) on September 27, 1855.[ 1] [ 2] Declaration of Independence signer William Williams .[ 1] [ 1] [ 3]
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Powell, William Henry (1893). Officers of the Army and Navy (volunteer) who Served in the Civil War ^ a b c d e Bowen, Clarence Winthrop (1943). The History of Woodstock, Connecticut ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Hunt, Roger D. (November 7, 2019). Colonels in Blue--Missouri and the Western States and Territories: A Civil War Biographical Dictionary ISBN 978-1-4766-3685-6 ^ a b c Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi ^ a b Mississippi (1900). Department Reports ^ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1870). Journal ^ a b Representatives, Kansas Legislature House of (1893). House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kansas ^ "Hartford Courant from Hartford, Connecticut on September 9, 1914 · 11" . Newspapers.com . September 9, 1914. Retrieved May 28, 2021 .^ House of Representatives, Kansas Legislature (1895). House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kansas ^ "The Columbus Weekly Advocate from Columbus, Kansas on June 4, 1896 · Page 2" . Newspapers.com . June 4, 1896. Retrieved May 5, 2021 .^ a b "11 Sep 1914, 2 - Norwich Bulletin at Newspapers.com" . Newspapers.com . Retrieved May 5, 2021 .
