Alexander Warner
Alexander Warner | |
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| 16th Secretary of State of Mississippi | |
| In office June 1865 – August 12, 1869 | |
| Preceded by | C. A. Brougher |
| Succeeded by | Henry Musgrove |
| 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 from the 25th district | |
| In office January 20, 1893 – January 1895 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 10, 1827 Smithfield, Rhode Island |
| Died | September 6, 1914 (aged 87) Point Pleasant, New Jersey |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | 2 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service | 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 held high political offices in Mississippi and Connecticut, and also was a state legislator in Kansas.
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] 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, 1862.[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 August 12, 1869.[5][4] From 1870 to 1876, he represented the state's 12th senatorial 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] In 1896, he ran as a Republican for the position of Lieutenant Governor of Kansas.[8]
Later life
Warner died after a two-week illness in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, on September 6, 1914.[2][3][9]
Personal life
Warner married Mary Trumbull Mathewson on September 27, 1855.[1] 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
- ^ 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 Powell, William Henry (1893). Officers of the Army and Navy (volunteer) who Served in the Civil War. L. R. Hamersly & Company.
- ^ a b c Bowen, Clarence Winthrop (1943). The History of Woodstock, Connecticut. privately printed. by the Plimpton Press.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hunt, Roger D. (2019-11-07). Colonels in Blue--Missouri and the Western States and Territories: A Civil War Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-4766-3685-6.
- ^ a b c Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 170, 207.
- ^ a b Mississippi (1900). Department Reports. p. 179.
- ^ Senate, Mississippi Legislature (1870). Journal. p. 4.
- ^ a b Representatives, Kansas Legislature House of (1893). House Journal of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Kansas. State Printer.
- ^ "The Columbus Weekly Advocate from Columbus, Kansas on June 4, 1896 · Page 2". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
- ^ "11 Sep 1914, 2 - Norwich Bulletin at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.