Warren Barkley English was a United States Representative from California

California

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Biography

Born in Charles Town, Virginia

Charles Town, West Virginia

Charles Town is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,907 at the 2000 census. Due to its similar name, travelers have sometimes confused this city with the state's capital, Charleston.-History:...

 (now West Virginia), he attended the public schools and Charles Town Academy until June 1861. He served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War

American Civil War

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 and after the war moved to Oakland, California

Oakland, California

Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...

 where he attended the California Military Academy

California Military Academy

The California Military Academy is a military academy of the California Army National Guard located at Camp San Luis Obispo.-History:The school started as an idea of an "Officer Candidate School" in 1950. However, a need for an academy in California convinced Major General Curtis D. O’Sullivan to...

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English was elected a member of the board of supervisors of Contra Costa County in 1877 and served four years. He was elected State senator in 1882 and was named a delegate to the Democratic National Convention

Democratic National Convention

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 in 1884.

His brother, William D. English sought the 1890 Democratic nomination for governor of California

Governor of California

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. The California Democratic State Convention was controlled by San Francisco Boss,Christopher Buckley. Buckley secured the nomination for San Francisco Mayor Edward B. Pond

Edward B. Pond

Edward B. Pond was a Democratic politician from California. He was the 21st Mayor of San Francisco from 1887 to 1891. In 1890, he ran for Governor of California. At the California Democratic State Convention, San Francisco Boss Christopher Buckley backed Mayor Pond. Edward B. Pond defeated...

 over Alameda County's favorite son, W.D. English.
Pond would go on to lose to Henry Markham

Henry Markham

Henry Harrison Markham was a United States Representative from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1887 and the 18th Governor of California from January 8, 1891 until January 11, 1895.Markham was born in Wilmington, New York...

 in the general election.

Warren Engish successfully contested as a Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

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 the election of Samuel G. Hilborn

Samuel G. Hilborn

Samuel Greeley Hilborn was a U.S. Representative from California.Born in Minot, Androscoggin County, Maine, Hilborn attended the common schools, Hebron Academy, and Gould's Academy, Bethel, Maine, and was graduated from Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts, in 1859.He studied law and was...

 to the Fifty-third Congress and took his seat April 4, 1894, serving until March 3, 1895. He was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress. After leaving Congress, he engaged in the real estate business in Oakland. In 1905, he moved to Sonoma County, California where he engaged in viticulture

Viticulture

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. He died in Santa Rosa, California

Santa Rosa, California

Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...

in 1913 and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California.