- Vespasian Warner
Vespasian Warner (
April 23 ,1842 -March 31 ,1925 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIllinois .Born in Mount Pleasant (now Farmer City),
De Witt County, Illinois , Warner moved with his parents toClinton, Illinois , in 1843.He attended the common and select schools inClinton and Lombard University ,Galesburg, Illinois .He studied law in Clinton. Enlisted as a private in Company E,Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry,June 13 ,1861 .He was promoted to sergeantJune 23 ,1861 , second lieutenantFebruary 4 ,1862 , captain and commissary of subsistenceFebruary 10 ,1865 . Brevetted majorMarch 13 ,1865 , and was mustered outJuly 13 ,1866 .He was graduated from the law department ofHarvard University in 1868.He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law inClinton, Illinois .Warner was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (
March 4 ,1895 -March 3 ,1905 ).He served as chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Laws (Fifty-fifth through Fifty-eighth Congresses).He served as Commissioner of Pensions fromMarch 4 ,1905 , toNovember 25 ,1909 .He engaged in business inClinton, Illinois , as a banker and realty owner and agent.He died inClinton, Illinois , onMarch 31 ,1925 .He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.References
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