Adoniram J. Warner

Adoniram Judson Warner (January 13, 1834 – August 12, 1910) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1879 and 1887.

Adoniram J. Warner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
Preceded by	Milton I. Southard
Succeeded by	Gibson Atherton
Constituency	13th district
In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
Preceded by	Rufus Dawes
Succeeded by	Joseph D. Taylor
Constituency	15th district (1883–1885) 17th district (1885–1887)
Personal details
Born	Adoniram Judson Warner (1834-01-13)January 13, 1834 Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Died	August 12, 1910(1910-08-12) (aged 76) Marietta, Ohio, U.S.
Resting place	Oak Grove Cemetery, Marietta, Ohio
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Beloit College; New York Central College, McGrawville
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Branch/service	United States Army Union Army
Years of service	1861-1865
Rank	Colonel Bvt. Brigadier General
Commands	10th Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment
Battles/wars	American Civil War

Biography

Born in Wales, New York (near Buffalo, New York), Warner moved with his parents to Wisconsin at the age of eleven. He attended Beloit College in Wisconsin and New-York Central College. He was principal of Lewistown (Pennsylvania) Academy, superintendent of the public schools of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, and principal of Mercer Union School, Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1861.

Civil War

He was commissioned as captain in the Tenth Pennsylvania Reserves on July 21, 1861, promoted to lieutenant colonel on May 14, 1862 and became colonel on April 25, 1863. He was transferred into the Veteran Reserve Corps in November 1863. On January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Warner for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866.^[1]

Law and business career

Warner studied law and was admitted to the bar in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1865 but never practiced. At the conclusion of the war, he returned to Pennsylvania, and in 1866 moved to Marietta, Ohio. He engaged in the oil, coal, and railroad businesses.

Congress

Warner was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress.

Warner was elected to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1886.

He served as delegate to the 1896 Democratic National Convention.

Later career

He engaged in street railway construction in the District of Columbia and in railroad construction in Ohio. From about 1898 until six months before his death, he engaged in transportation and power development in Georgia.

Death and burial

He died in Marietta, Ohio August 12, 1910.^[2] He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.

See also

• American Civil War portal

• List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union)