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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OhioKEIFER, Joseph Warren
(1836—1932)
KEIFER, Joseph Warren, a Representative from Ohio; born near Springfield, Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio, January 30, 1836; attended the common schools and Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar and began practice in Springfield, Ohio, January 12, 1858; enlisted in the Union Army on April 19, 1861; commissioned major in the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry April 27, 1861; lieutenant colonel February 12, 1862; colonel of the One Hundred and Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry September 30, 1862; brevetted brigadier general of Volunteers October 19, 1864; promoted to major general April 9, 1865; mustered out June 27, 1865; resumed the practice of law in July 1865; member of the State senate in 1868 and 1869; commander of the Ohio Department of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1871 and 1872; trustee of Antioch College; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876; elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1885); Speaker of the House of Representatives (Forty-seventh Congress); chairman, Committee on Rules (Forty-seventh Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1884; was a major general of Volunteers in the Spanish-American War from June 9, 1898, to May 12, 1899; first commander in chief of the Spanish War Veterans in 1900 and 1901; elected to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; resumed his law practice; president of the Lagonda National Bank of Springfield, Ohio, for more than fifty years; died in Springfield, Ohio, April 22, 1932; interment in Ferncliff Cemetery.
Keifer, Joseph Warren. The Battle of Rich Mountain and Some Incidents.
Cincinnati: N.p., 1911.
———. Charges against Boynton and Shaw
. [Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884].
———. Did William Shaksper write Shakespeare? Paper read before the Literary Club of Springfield, O., February 10, 1902
. Chicago: Open Court Pub.Co., 1904.
———. Memorial Day: Oration of Gen’l J. Warren Keifer, of Ohio: At Arlington National Cemetery: May 30th 1879
. Washington: Gibson Brothers, Printers, 1879.
———. Official reports of J. Warren Keifer, Brevet Major General of Volunteers, U. S. A., detailing movements and operations of his command in the battles of Winchester (1863); Brandy Station, Orange Grove, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg (1864): Monocacy, Opequon, Fisher’s Hill, Cedar Creek, Petersburg (1865), and Sailor’s Creek, also, prior to and at the surrender of General Lee’s army
. Springfield: O., Daily republic steam job office, 1866.
———. Ohio’s Contribution, Sacrifice and Service in the War.
Springfield, Ohio: Republic Printing Company, 1878.
———. The Ohio Democratic Platform Reviewed. The Silver Question, &c.
Springfield, Ohio: N.p., 1877.
———. O. K.
Columbus: N.p., 1904.
———. Oration at the unveiling of the statue of James A. Garfield
. [Washington, D.C., May 12, 1887]. Springfield, Ohio: Globe Co., [1887].
———. Slavery and Four Years of War; A Political History of Slavery in the United States, Together with a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War in which the Author took part, 1861-1865.
1900. Reprint, Miami, Fla.: Mnemosyne Publishing Company, 1969.
———. Speeches (in part) of Hon. J. Warren Keifer, of Ohio, in the House of representatives, First session, Forty-eighth congress, 1884
. [Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884].
Pope, Thomas E. The Weary Boys: Colonel J. Warren Keifer and the 110th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2002.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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