Earle S. Warner
{{short description|American politician (1880–1971)}}
{{infobox officeholder
|name=Earle S. Warner
|office=Justice of the New York Supreme Court
|term_start=1945
|term_end=1950
|office2=Member of the New York State Senate from the 48th district
|term_start2=January 1, 1945
|term_end2=January 22, 1945
|predecessor2=Walter J. Mahoney
|successor2=Fred S. Hollowell
|office3=Member of the New York State Senate from the 43rd district
|term_start3=January 1, 1933
|term_end3=December 31, 1944
|predecessor3=Leon F. Wheatley
|successor3=Richard P. Byrne
|birth_name=Earle Spear Warner
|birth_date={{birth date|1880|8|12}}
|birth_place=Phelps, New York, U.S.
|death_date=December 1971 (aged 91)
|party=Republican
|spouse={{marriage|Selma L. Holbrook|1907}}
|education=Hobart College (BLitt)
Cornell University (LLB)
|occupation=Politician, lawyer
}}
Earle Spear Warner (August 12, 1880 – December 1971) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was born on August 17, 1880, on a farm in the Town of Phelps, Ontario County, New York, the son of Henry D. Warner (1844–1908) and Frances Belle (Spear) Warner.[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/new-york/biographical-sketch-of-henry-d-warner.htm Biographical Sketch of Henry D. Warner] transcribed from The History of Ontario County, New York, and Its People by Charles F. Milliken (Lewis Historical Publishing, New York, 1911), at Access Genealogy He graduated B.Litt. from Hobart College in 1902, and LL.B. from Cornell Law School in 1905. He was admitted to the bar the same year, and practiced in Phelps. On November 26, 1907, he married Selma L. Holbrook (born 1885). In 1908, he was appointed as Attorney of the Village of Phelps[http://www.accessgenealogy.com/new-york/biographical-sketch-of-earle-spear-warner.htm Biographical Sketch of Earle Spear Warner] transcribed from The History of Ontario County, New York, and Its People by Charles F. Milliken (Lewis Historical Publishing, New York, 1911), at Access Genealogy and held this office until 1945.
Warner was a member of the New York State Senate from 1933 to 1945, sitting in the 156th, 157th, 158th, 159th, 160th, 161st, 162nd, 163rd, 164th and 165th New York State Legislature. He was a delegate to the 1940 Republican National Convention. He resigned his senate seat on January 22, 1945, and was appointed to the New York Supreme Court.[https://www.nytimes.com/1945/01/23/archives/warner-confirmed-for-supreme-court.html WARNER CONFIRMED FOR SUPREME COURT] in The New York Times on January 23, 1945 (subscription required)
He was a justice of the Supreme Court (7th D.) from 1945 to 1950, and an Official Referee (i.e. a senior judge on an additional seat) of the Supreme Court from 1951 to 1956. In June 1954, he decided to annul a marriage after thirteen years, and give custody of the two daughters to the wife, because the husband had committed a fraud by hiding from his wife his belief in communism.[https://www.nytimes.com/1954/06/24/archives/marriage-to-a-red-ruled-fraudulent.html MARRIAGE TO A RED RULED FRAUDULENT] in The New York Times on June 24, 1954 (subscription required)
He died in December 1971.[http://sortedbyname.com/pages/w102414.html "Earle Warner"] at Social Security Info
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Category:Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Category:New York Supreme Court justices
Category:People from Phelps, New York
Category:Hobart and William Smith Colleges alumni
Category:Cornell Law School alumni
Category:20th-century New York (state) state court judges
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature