Vespasian Warner was a U.S. Representative

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 from Illinois

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Born in Mount Pleasant (now Farmer City), De Witt County, Illinois, Warner moved with his parents to Clinton, Illinois

Clinton, Illinois

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, in 1843.
He attended the common and select schools in Clinton and Lombard University, Galesburg, Illinois

Galesburg, Illinois

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He studied law in Clinton.
Enlisted as a private in Company E, Twentieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, June 13, 1861.
He was promoted to sergeant June 23, 1861, second lieutenant February 4, 1862, captain and commissary of subsistence February 10, 1865.
He was brevetted major March 13, 1865, and was mustered out July 13, 1866.
He was graduated from the law department of Harvard University

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 in 1868.
He was admitted to the bar

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 the same year and commenced the practice of law in Clinton, Illinois.

Warner was elected as a Republican

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 to the Fifty-fourth

54th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: Adlai E. Stevenson * President pro tempore: William P. Frye - Majority leadership :* Republican Conference Chairman: John Sherman- Minority leadership :...

 and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1905).
He served as chairman of the Committee on Revision of the Laws (Fifty-fifth

55th United States Congress

-House of Representatives:* Republican: 206 * Democratic: 124* Populist: 22* Silver Republican: 3* Silver: 1* Independent Republican: 1TOTAL members: 357-Leadership:-Senate:* President: Garret Hobart * President pro tempore: William P...

 through Fifty-eighth

58th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :* Republican : 209 * Democratic : 176* Silver Republican : 1TOTAL members: 386-Senate:* President: Vacant* President pro tempore: William P. Frye -Members:...

Congresses).
He served as Commissioner of Pensions from March 4, 1905, to November 25, 1909.
He engaged in business in Clinton, Illinois, as a banker and realty owner and agent.
He died in Clinton, Illinois, on March 31, 1925.
He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery.

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