Samuel Larkin WARNER, Congress, CT (1828-1893)

WARNER Samuel Larkin , a Representative from Connecticut; born in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Conn., June 14, 1828; attended Wilbraham Academy, Wilbraham, Mass., and the law department of Yale College; was graduated from the law department of Harvard University in 1854; was admitted to the bar in Boston, Mass., in 1854; commenced the practice of law in Portland, Middlesex County, Conn., in 1855; member of the State house of representatives in 1858; moved to Middletown in 1860; mayor 1862-1866; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1864, 1888, and 1892; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867); was not a candidate for renomination; resumed the practice of law; died in Middletown, Conn., on February 6, 1893; interment in Indian Hill Cemetery.

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