Willard Warner

Willard Warner ( born September 4, 1826 in Granville, Licking County, Ohio; † November 23, 1906 in Chattanooga, Tennessee) was Brigadier General during the Civil War in the United States, Republican U.S. Senator for the state of Alabama.

Life

Willard Warner, a graduate of Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, worked first in business and was the founder of a machinery company in Newark. In December 1861 he went as a volunteer in the Civil War and was first major in the 76th Ohio Infantry Regiment. He participated in numerous discharged in the western U.S. battles, including the Battle of Fort Donelson, the victory at Corinth and the Battle of Vicksburg. In 1863 Warner was appointed deputy commander of his regiment and promoted to lieutenant colonel, which was transferred from Vicksburg to Chattanooga. As Inspector General on the staff of General William T. Sherman Warner fought in the Atlanta campaign and in October 1864 was commander of the 108th Ohio Infantry Regiment. A few weeks later, in the fall of 1864, he was promoted to brigadier general, and in the spring of 1865 Warner received the brevet rank of major general. In July 1865 Warner finally looked from. He began to become politically active and was for two sessions at the Senate of Ohio.

Policy

In 1867, Warner moved to southern Alabama and planned a short time even to retire into private life as a planter. Nevertheless, it 's political life took a surprising. First, he was a deputy in the House of Representatives from Alabama. Then Warner retired on 13 July 1868 as Senator class 2 of Alabama in the Congress a. His tenure went up to 3 March 1871 re-election was unsuccessful. He should be up to 1997, the last Republican in this position. Warner was a man of many economic contacts, first in Alabama and later in Tennessee, used.

He worked 1871-1872 in the customs authority of Mobile and canceled, as was offered in the New Mexico Territory him the post of governor. Likewise, he denied the offer, U.S. Ambassador to Argentina to become. Last Warner served as president of a steel-processing company in Nashville. His last political office he held from 1897 to 1898 as a Member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee.

He died at the age of 79 in Chattanooga and is buried in Newark.