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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaHiram WARNER
(1802-1881)
WARNER, Hiram, a
Representative from Georgia; born in Williamsburg, Hampshire
County, Mass., on October 29, 1802; received a good common-school
training and acquired some knowledge of the classics; in 1819 moved
to Georgia and taught school for three years; studied law; was
admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Knoxville, Crawford
County, Ga., in 1825; served in the general assembly 1828-1831;
declined reelection; moved to Talbotton in 1830 and continued the
practice of his profession; moved to Greenville; elected judge of
the State superior court and served from 1833 to 1840; judge of the
State supreme court from 1846 to 1853, when he resigned; elected as
a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3,
1857); declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1856; appointed
by Governor Jenkins as judge of the Coweta Circuit Court and served
from 1865 to 1867, when he was appointed chief justice of the State
supreme court; was subsequently elected and served until 1880, when
he resigned; died in Atlanta, Ga., June 30, 1881; interment in Town
Cemetery, Greenville, Meriwether County, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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