Francis E. Warren

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American politician and soldier (1844–1929)

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Field	Value
name	Francis E. Warren
image name	Francis E. Warren.jpg
caption	Warren in 1919
jr/sr1	United States Senator
state1	Wyoming
term_start1	November 24, 1890
term_end1	March 3, 1893
predecessor1	Office established
successor1	Clarence D. Clark
term_start2	March 4, 1895
term_end2	November 24, 1929
predecessor2	Joseph M. Carey
successor2	Patrick J. Sullivan
office3	1st Governor of Wyoming
term3	October 11, 1890 - November 24, 1890
preceded3	Himself (as Territorial Governor)
succeeded3	Amos W. Barber
order4	6th & 10th Governor of Wyoming Territory
appointer4	Benjamin Harrison
term_start4	April 9, 1889
term_end4	October 11, 1890
predecessor4	Thomas Moonlight
successor4	Office abolished
appointer5	Chester Arthur
term_start5	February 28, 1885
term_end5	November 11, 1886
predecessor5	Elliot S. N. Morgan
successor5	George W. Baxter
birth_name	Francis Emroy Warren
birth_date
birth_place	Hinsdale, Massachusetts, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Washington, D.C., U.S.
spouse

Siege of Port Hudson |awards = Medal of Honor

Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming. A soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War, he was the last veteran of that conflict to serve in the U.S. Senate.

Early life and military service

Warren was born on June 20, 1844, in Hinsdale, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, the son of Cynthia Estella (Abbott) and Joseph Spencer Warren. He grew up attending common schools and his local Hinsdale Academy.

During the Civil War, Warren served in the 49th Massachusetts Infantry as a noncommissioned officer. At the age of nineteen at the siege of Port Hudson, Warren received the Medal of Honor for battlefield gallantry. His entire platoon was destroyed by Confederate bombardment, and Warren, taking a serious scalp wound, disabled the artillery. Warren later served as a captain in the Massachusetts Militia.

Medal of Honor citation

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Rank and Organization: Corporal, Company C, 49th Massachusetts Infantry.

Place and Date: At Port Hudson, La., May 27, 1863.

Entered Service At: Hinsdale, Mass.

Birth: Hinsdale, Mass.

Date Of Issue: September 30, 1893.

Citation: :Volunteered in response to a call, and took part in the movement that was made upon the enemy's works under a heavy fire therefrom in advance of the general assault. |publisher = AmericanCivilWar.com |title = "Civil War Medal of Honor citations" (S-Z): WARREN, FRANCIS E. |url = http://americancivilwar.com/medal_of_honor8.html |access-date = November 13, 2013}}{{Cite web |publisher = United States Army Center of Military History |title = Medal of Honor website" (M-Z): WARREN, FRANCIS E. |url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html |access-date = November 13, 2013 |archive-date = July 11, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080711200206/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwarmz.html |url-status = dead

Personal life

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Francis E. Warren married Helen Smith, a woman from Massachusetts, although all of their married life until his first election to the United States Senate upon statehood in 1890 was spent in Wyoming. They had two children, a daughter, Helen Frances, and a son, Frederick Emory. Mrs. Warren was the president of church, literary and charitable societies of Cheyenne, vice-president of the Foundling Hospital, and Daughter of the American Revolution.

Business and politics

Following the Civil War, Warren engaged in farming and stock-raising in Massachusetts before moving to Wyoming (then part of the Territory of Dakota) in 1868. Settling in Cheyenne, Warren engaged in real estate, mercantile business, livestock raising and the establishment of Cheyenne's first lighting system, becoming quite wealthy.

Warren's political work included: member, Wyoming Territorial Senate (1873–1874, 1884–1885), serving as senate president; member, Cheyenne City Council (1873–1874); treasurer of Wyoming (1876, 1879, 1882, 1884); and Mayor of Cheyenne (1885).

In February 1885, Warren was appointed Governor of the Territory of Wyoming by President Chester A. Arthur, although he was removed by Democratic President Grover Cleveland in November 1886. He was reappointed by President Benjamin Harrison in April 1889, and served until 1890, when he was elected first Governor of Wyoming (October 11, 1890 – November 24, 1890).

Senate years and death

In November 1890, Warren resigned as governor, having been elected to the United States Senate as a Republican, serving until March 4, 1893. He then resumed his former business pursuits before returning to the Senate (March 4, 1895–November 24, 1929). Warren chaired the following Senate Committees: :- Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands :- Committee on Claims :- Committee on Irrigation :- Committee on Military Affairs :- Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds :- Committee on Agriculture and Forestry :- Committee on Appropriations :- Committee on Engrossed Bills

Warren died on November 24, 1929, in Washington, D.C. His funeral service was held in the United States Senate chamber. At the time of his death, he had served longer than any other U.S. senator.

Legacy

F. E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming is named after Warren. Additionally, Warren's daughter married then-Captain John J. Pershing in 1905. Several years later, President Theodore Roosevelt promoted Pershing from captain to brigadier general over 900 senior officers. Pershing's wife and three daughters were later killed during a fire at the Presidio in San Francisco. Warren was also the first senator to hire a female staffer and, as appropriations chairman during World War I, he was instrumental in funding the American efforts. Warren and his second wife, Clara LaBarron Morgan, bought the Nagle Warren Mansion in 1915, and their dining room hosted people such as presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. This mansion is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1958, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.

References

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