Oliver Warner (politician)
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}}
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| name = Oliver Warner
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| office = 14th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
| governor = Nathaniel Prentice Banks
John Albion Andrew
Alexander H. Bullock
William Claflin
William B. Washburn
Thomas Talbot
William Gaston
| predecessor = Francis De Witt
| successor = Henry B. Pierce
| office2 = Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
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| office3 = Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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| birth_place = Northampton, Massachusetts
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|September 14, 1885|April 17, 1818}}
| death_place = Lynn, Massachusetts
| alma_mater = Williams College
| party = Republican Party{{Citation |last =The Bay State Monthly, A Massachusetts Magazine Vol. III., No. V.| title = The Bay State Monthly, Vol. III, No. V|page =388 |work=Bay State Monthly Company | location =Boston, Massachusetts | date =October 1885}}
| profession = Congregational clergyman, librarian
| spouse = Jane S. Daniels{{Citation |last =Dodge|first=Melvin Gilbert| year = 1902 | title = The Delta Upsilon Decennial Catalogue|page =107 |work=The Delta Upsilon Fraternity | location =Ann Arbor, Michigan }} Miss. Harriet M. Newhall m. October 2, 1882.
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Oliver Warner (April 17, 1818 – September 14, 1885) was a Massachusetts clergyman, politician, and librarian who served in both houses of the Massachusetts legislature and, from 1858 to 1876, served as the 14th Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Early life
Warner was one of nine children born to Rhoda (Bridgman){{Citation |last =Bridgman |first =Burt Nichols| year = 1894 | title = Genealogy of the Bridgman Family: Descendants of James Bridgman. 1636 1894|page =26 |work=Burt Nichols Bridgman | location =Hyde Park, Massachusetts}} and Oliver Warner on 17 Apr 1818 in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Education
Warner graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College in 1842. After his gradation from Williams, Warner attended Gilmanton Theological Seminary.{{Citation |last =Clark |first =Solomon| year = 1885 | title = Antiquities, Historicals and Graduates of Northampton
|page =358 |work=Solomon Clark | location =Northampton, Massachusetts}}
Marriage
Early career
From 1844 to 1846, Warner officiated as a Congregational clergyman in Chesterfield, Massachusetts. In 1852 and 1853, Warner was a tutor at the Williston Seminary in Easthampton, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts legislature
Oliver served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1854 and 1855 and in the Massachusetts Senate from 1856 to 1857.
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth
Warner served as the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth for 18 years to 1876.
1872 election
In the 1872 election, Warner's majority was greater than any other Republican statewide office candidate.{{Citation |last =The Bay State Monthly, A Massachusetts Magazine Vol. III., No. V.| title = The Bay State Monthly, Vol. III, No. V|pages =387–388 |work=Bay State Monthly Company | location =Boston, Massachusetts| date =October 1885}}
1875 election
In 1875, Warner ran for re-election, but he lost the Republican nomination for Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Later career
From 1876 to 1879, Warner was the librarian of the Massachusetts State Library.
Second Marriage
On October 2, 1882, Warner married Miss. Harriet M. Newhall of Lynn, Massachusetts.
Death
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Category:Politicians from Northampton, Massachusetts
Category:Secretaries of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Category:Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party Massachusetts state senators
Category:Williams College alumni
Category:19th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court