Horace Byron Warner (March 24, 1876 – October 21, 1915) was an American lawyer and politician from

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who was elected to the

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in 1913 as a member of the Progressive Party.

Life

He was born on March 24, 1876, in Penfield, Monroe County, New York, the son of Henry Warner and Maria Lucy (Strowger) Warner. He graduated B.A. from Yale College in 1899. He studied law in the office of John Van Voorhis. Warner was the

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for the Town of Penfield from 1903 to 1906. He was admitted to the bar in 1905, and opened a law office in Rochester in 1907. In November 1913, he was elected as a

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to the

(Monroe Co., 1st D.), and was a member of the

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in 1914. In November 1914, he ran for re-election, but was defeated by Republican James A. Harris. Harris polled 4,889 votes, and Warner polled 3,302. Warner died unmarried on October 21, 1915, in Rochester, New York, of septic poisoning; and was buried at the Oakwood Cemetery in Penfield.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Warner, Horace B. 1876 births 1915 deaths Politicians from Rochester, New York Members of the New York State Assembly New York (state) Progressives (1912) 20th-century American politicians Yale College alumni 19th-century American politicians Lawyers from Rochester, New York