Edward A. Warren

Edward A. Warren
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromArkansas's2nddistrict
In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Albert Rust
In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Preceded by	Albert Rust
Succeeded by	Albert Rust
8thSpeaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives
In office November 4, 1848 – November 4, 1850
Preceded by	John S. Roane
Succeeded by	T. B. Flournoy
Member of theArkansas House of Representatives from the Ouachita County district
In office November 4, 1848 – November 4, 1850 Serving withA. A. Smith
Preceded by	redistricted
Member of theMississippi House of Representatives
In office 1845–1846
Personal details
Born	Edward Allen Warren (1818-05-02)May 2, 1818 Greene County,Alabama,U.S.
Died	July 2, 1875(1875-07-02)(aged 57) Prescott,Arkansas,U.S.
Resting place	Moscow,Arkansas,U.S. 33°46′35.4″N93°21′59.6″W
Political party	Democratic

Edward Allen Warren(May 2, 1818 – July 2, 1875) was aU.S. RepresentativefromArkansas.

Early life and education

Edward Allen Warren was born inGreene County, Alabama,on May 2, 1818, to Robert H. Warren and Lydia A. Minter Warren. He received his early education there, and then studied law on his own. He married in October 1838, and he and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Warren, went on to have two children.In 1843, he wasadmitted to the barand he began his practice inClinton, Mississippi.

Legal and political career

In 1845, he was elected to theMississippi House of Representatives,serving until 1846. In 1847, Warren moved toCamden, Arkansasand opened his law practice there. In 1848, he entered Arkansas politics as a Democrat and was elected to theArkansas House of Representatives.He served as theHouse Speakerduring the7th Arkansas General Assembly.Between 1850 and 1851, Warren served as a judge on theCircuit Courtof the Sixth District of Arkansas. Warren was elected as aDemocratto theThirty-thirdCongress (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855). Warren was elected to theThirty-fifthCongress (March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859), representingArkansas's 2nd congressional district.

Later life and death

After his years of government service, Warren devoted the rest of life to his family and to his law practice. On July 2, 1875, Warren died at the residence of his son; E.A. Warren, Jr., inPrescott, Nevada County, Arkansas,and was interred inMoscow Church.

Legacy

In 1876, Warren's son, E.A. Warren Jr., opened 'The Prescott Dispatch' in Prescott,and became Prescott's Mayor in 1881.

See also

• List of speakers of the Arkansas House of Representatives

Notes

• This article incorporatespublic domain materialfrom theBiographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Edward A. WarrenatFind a Grave
• Edward A. WarrenatThe Political Graveyard
• United States Congress."Edward A. Warren (id: W000163)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.