John George Warwick (December 23, 1830August 14, 1892) was an American politician who served briefly as a

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from

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from 1891 until his death in 1892

Biography

Born in

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on the

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(the entirety of which was then part of

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), Warwick attended the common schools of his native land. Warwick immigrated with his brother to the United States about 1850 and resided in

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, for a short time. He moved to

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, and became a bookkeeper in a dry-goods establishment, and later moved to

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, and clerked in a dry-goods store, subsequently becoming interested in flour milling, coal mining, and agricultural pursuits. He also was a promoter of railroad construction.

Career

Warwick was elected as the 17th

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and served from 1884 to 1886. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1886. Warwick was elected as a

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to the Fifty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1891, until his death in

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, August 14, 1892. He defeated

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by 302 votes in an intensely fought race that gained national attention. McKinley was in favor of an import tariff on tinware. Warwick sent fake peddlers out into the rural 16th district who charged 50 cents for 25 cent tinware goods. When asked why the prices were so high, the peddlers replied: "This is the result of McKinley's tariff!".

Death

He died from food-poisoning at a meeting in New York City of the board of directors of a railroad on whose board he served. He was interred in Protestant Cemetery,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Warwick, John George 1830 births 1892 deaths People from County Tyrone People from Massillon, Ohio Lieutenant Governors of Ohio Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923) 19th-century American politicians People from Navarre, Ohio Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio

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