Edward A. Warren | |
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Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromArkansas's2nd district | |
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | |
Preceded by | New constituency |
Succeeded by | Albert Rust |
In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 | |
Preceded by | Albert Rust |
Succeeded by | Albert Rust |
8thSpeaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives | |
In office November 4, 1848 – November 4, 1850 | |
Preceded by | John S. Roane |
Succeeded by | T. B. Flournoy |
Member of theArkansas House of Representatives from the Ouachita County district | |
In office November 4, 1848 – November 4, 1850[1] Serving with A. A. Smith | |
Preceded by | redistricted |
Member of theMississippi House of Representatives | |
In office 1845–1846 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Edward Allen Warren (1818-05-02)May 2, 1818 Greene County,Alabama, U.S. |
Died | July 2, 1875(1875-07-02) (aged 57) Prescott,Arkansas, U.S. |
Resting place | Moscow,Arkansas, U.S. 33°46′35.4″N93°21′59.6″W / 33.776500°N 93.366556°W /33.776500; -93.366556 |
Political party | Democratic |
Edward Allen Warren (May 2, 1818 – July 2, 1875) was aU.S. Representative fromArkansas.
Edward Allen Warren was born inGreene County, Alabama, on May 2, 1818, to Robert H. Warren and Lydia A. Minter Warren. He received his early education there, and then studied law on his own. He married in October 1838, and he and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Warren, went on to have two children.[2] In 1843, he wasadmitted to the bar and he began his practice inClinton, Mississippi.
In 1845, he was elected to theMississippi House of Representatives, serving until 1846. In 1847, Warren moved toCamden, Arkansas and opened his law practice there. In 1848, he entered Arkansas politics as a Democrat and was elected to theArkansas House of Representatives. He served as theHouse Speaker during the7th Arkansas General Assembly. Between 1850 and 1851, Warren served as a judge on theCircuit Court of the Sixth District of Arkansas. Warren was elected as aDemocrat to theThirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). Warren was elected to theThirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859), representingArkansas's 2nd congressional district.
After his years of government service, Warren devoted the rest of life to his family and to his law practice. On July 2, 1875, Warren died at the residence of his son; E.A. Warren, Jr., inPrescott, Nevada County, Arkansas,[3] and was interred inMoscow Church.
In 1876, Warren's son, E.A. Warren Jr., opened 'The Prescott Dispatch' in Prescott,[4] and became Prescott's Mayor in 1881.[5]
U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by New constituency | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromArkansas's 2nd congressional district 1853 – 1855 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Albert Rust | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromArkansas's 2nd congressional district 1857 – 1859 | Succeeded by Albert Rust |