Samuel Larkin Warner was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Connecticut

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, brother of Levi Warner

Levi Warner

Levi Warner was a United States Representative from Connecticut. His brother was Samuel Larkin Warner who was also a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut where he completed preparatory studies. Later, he attended the law department of Yale College...

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Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut

Wethersfield, Connecticut

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, Warner attended Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, Massachusetts

Wilbraham, Massachusetts

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, and the law department of Yale College

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He graduated from the law department of Harvard University

Harvard University

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 in 1854.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1854.
He commenced the practice of law in Portland, Connecticut

Portland, Connecticut

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, in 1855.
He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1858.
He moved to Middletown in 1860.
He served there as mayor 1862-1866.
He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1864, 1888, and 1892.

Warner was elected as a Republican

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 to the Thirty-ninth

39th United States Congress

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 Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867).
He was not a candidate for renomination.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Middletown, Connecticut

Middletown, Connecticut

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, on February 6, 1893.
He was interred in Indian Hill Cemetery.