Joseph M. Warren

Joseph Mabbett Warren (January 28, 1813 – September 10, 1896) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Joseph M. Warren
Joseph Mabbett Warren, U.S. Representative from New York
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 15th district
In office
March 4, 1871  March 3, 1873
Preceded byAdolphus H. Tanner
Succeeded byEli Perry
Personal details
Born(1813-01-28)January 28, 1813
Troy, New York
DiedSeptember 10, 1896(1896-09-10) (aged 83)
Troy, New York
Nationality United States
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materWashington College
OccupationBanker
Signature

Born in Troy, New York, Warren attended the local schools, and in 1827 entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. He graduated from the Washington (now Trinity) College, Hartford, Connecticut, in 1834. He worked as a clerk in New York for a year and returned to Troy, New York, where he engaged in the wholesale grocery business for several years. He entered the wholesale hardware business in 1840. He was one of the directors of the Bank of Troy and of the United National Bank of Troy, and president of the Bank of Troy 1853-1865. He was also a trustee of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He served as mayor of Troy in 1852. He was appointed as a commissioner of the Troy Water Works Company in 1855 and served until 1867, when he resigned.

Warren was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1872.

Warren resumed his former business activities in Troy, New York, where he died September 10, 1896.[1] He was interred in the Warren Chapel in Oakwood Cemetery.

Sources

  1. "Obituary Record". The New York Times. September 11, 1896. p. 5. Retrieved December 5, 2020 via Newspapers.com.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Adolphus H. Tanner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 15th congressional district

1871–1873
Succeeded by
Eli Perry

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