Levi WARNER, Congress, CT (1831-1911)

WARNER, Levi, (brother of Samuel Larkin Warner), a Representative from Connecticut; born in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn., October 10, 1831; completed preparatory studies; attended the law department of Yale College and Dane Law School, Cambridge, Mass.; was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Fairfield County, Conn.; moved to Norwalk, Conn., in 1858 and continued the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William H. Barnum; reelected to the Forty-fifth Congress and served from December 4, 1876, to March 3, 1879; was not a candidate for renomination in 1878; resumed the practice of law; died in Norwalk, Conn., April 12, 1911; interment in Riverside Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present