- Luther Warder
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name = Luther Fairfax Warder
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office = Mayor of Jeffersonville
term_start = 1875
term_end = 1883
predecessor =Burdette Pile
successor =John M. Glass
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term_start2 = 1887
term_end2 = 1891
predecessor2 =Herman Preefer
successor2 =Benjamin H. Robinson
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birth_date =December 2 ,1841
birth_place =Kentucky
death_date =June 12 ,1902
death_place =Jeffersonville, Indiana
party = Democratic
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residence =Jeffersonville, Indiana
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footnotes =Luther F. Warder (
December 2 ,1841 -June 12 ,1902 )cite book
title=Memoirs of the Lower Ohio Valley
author=Federal Publishing Company, Federal publishing Company
year=1905
publisher=Federal publishing company
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url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Cd8DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA218&dq=Luther+F+Warder] was born inKentucky and moved toJeffersonville, Indiana when he was twenty years old at the start of the Civil War. He then worked in railroad shops and later politics until his death. ] Luther in 1875 would become mayor. [Baird, Lewis. "Baird's History of Clark County, Indiana", (1909) pg.120] [Kleber, John E. "Encyclopedia of Louisville".(University Press of Kentucky). pg.443.] During Luther's administration the County Seat returned to Jeffersonville in 1878 which was based inCharlestown, Indiana since 1811. [http://www.cityofjeff.net/history/historymain.htm Welcome to the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana ] ] In 1881 the 3rd City Hall was built. [cite book
title=Jeffersonville Indiana
author=Garry J. Nokes
year=2002
publisher=Arcadia Publishing
isbn=0738520411
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=w912qyiVTEQC&pg=PA19&dq=Luther+F+Warder&sig=N5oYQEk6WIElhPNWAYG652jVUgo#PPA19,M1] He would serve as mayor until 1883 losing to opponentJohn M. Glass , but would return as mayor from 1887 to 1891.Warder Park would be named for him in 1881. [Baird, pg.124] Warder's sonJoseph Warder would serve as mayor of Jeffersonville as well.He briefly owned a Democrat newspaper called "Penny Post". [Baird pg.390]
ee also
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List of mayors of Jeffersonville, Indiana References
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