Alexander Warner
Alexander Warner | |
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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 from the 25th district | |
In office January 20, 1893 – January 1897 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Smithfield, Rhode Island, U.S. | January 10, 1827
Died | September 6, 1914 Point Pleasant, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged 87)
Political party | Republican |
Children | 2 |
Military service | |
Allegiance | ![]() |
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 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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Mississippi
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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. L. R. Hamersly & Company.
- ^ a b c d e Bowen, Clarence Winthrop (1943). The History of Woodstock, Connecticut. privately printed. by the Plimpton Press. p. 412.
- ^ 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. 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.
- ^ "Hartford Courant from Hartford, Connecticut on September 9, 1914 · 11". Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ House of Representatives, Kansas Legislature (1895). 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 May 5, 2021.
- ^ a b "11 Sep 1914, 2 - Norwich Bulletin at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved May 5, 2021.