Warren Green
{{Short description|American politician (1869–1945)}}
{{for|the tennis player|Warren Green (tennis)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Warren Green
|image = Warren Green.jpg
|order = 13th Governor of South Dakota
|lieutenant = Odell K. Whitney
|term_start = January 6, 1931
|term_end = January 3, 1933
|predecessor = William J. Bulow
|successor = Tom Berry
|birth_name=Warren Everett Green
|birth_date = {{birth date|1869|3|10}}
|birth_place = Jackson County, Wisconsin
|death_date = {{death date and age|1945|4|27|1869|3|10}}
|death_place = Watertown, South Dakota
|resting_place = Mount Hope Cemetery (Watertown, South Dakota)
|party = Republican
|spouse = Elizabeth Parliament
|profession =Farmer
| alma_mater =
|religion =
}}
Warren Everett Green (March 10, 1869 – April 27, 1945) was an American politician who served as the 13th governor of South Dakota. Green, a Republican from Hazel, South Dakota, served from 1931 to 1933. He was also a state senator from 1913 through 1915, and again from 1923 to 1927.
Early life
Green was born in Jackson County, Wisconsin,{{cite news|title=Warren E. Green, 75, Ex-Governor, Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23631045/warren_green_18691945/|newspaper=Argus-Leader |date=April 28, 1945|page=1|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = September 11, 2018 }} {{Open access}} the oldest of eight children. His family emigrated to Dakota Territory and settled in Hamlin County in the spring of 1881. Green grew up there and went into the farming business. He served in several local offices including twelve years as president of the local school board. He married Elizabeth Jane Parliament{{cite web|title=Warren Green|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_south_dakota/col2-content/main-content-list/title_green_warren.html|publisher=National Governors Association|access-date=2 September 2012}} in 1899. They had four children.
Career
Green served three terms in the state senate, South Dakota Legislature. He was elected in 1906, 1922 and 1924. He served on the South Dakota Board of Charities and Corrections from 1913 to 1920.
Green was elected governor in 1930 and took office at the beginning of the Great Depression. He inherited a massive state debt that he met with tax reform, budget reductions and the reorganization of the state's relief agencies. He reduced salaries from 10 to 20 percent and also had to deal with drought, a grasshopper plague, a crop failure and an exceptionally hard failure. He sought re-election in 1932 but was defeated by Tom Berry.
Green went back to his farm at Hazel. He was a delegate to the 1936 Republican National Convention.
Death
Green moved to Watertown, where he died on April 27, 1945.Biographical Directory of the South Dakota Legislature, 1889-1989 (1989), p. 385 He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.
References
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External links
- [http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_south_dakota/col2-content/main-content-list/title_green_warren.html National Governors Association]
- {{Find a Grave|41662756}}
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Category:People from Jackson County, Wisconsin
Category:Republican Party governors of South Dakota
Category:Republican Party South Dakota state senators
Category:Candidates in the 1936 United States presidential election
Category:People from Hamlin County, South Dakota
Category:People from Watertown, South Dakota
Category:20th-century members of the South Dakota Legislature