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Warner Wing (September 19, 1805 – March 12, 1876) was an American jurist and legislator. Born in
Marietta, Ohio Marietta is a city in, and the county seat of, Washington County, Ohio, United States. It is located in southeastern Ohio at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio Rivers, northeast of Parkersburg, West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, Mar ...
, Wing moved with his family to
Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
,
Michigan Territory The Territory of Michigan was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from June 30, 1805, until January 26, 1837, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Michigan. Detroit w ...
, in 1817. Wing studied law at the Northampton Law School in
Northampton, Massachusetts The city of Northampton is the county seat of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Northampton (including its outer villages, Florence and Leeds) was 29,571. Northampton is known as an acade ...
. He moved to Monroe, Michigan Territory, in 1828, and practiced law. Wing served in the
Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2010 ...
in 1837 and then in the
Michigan State Senate The Michigan Senate is the upper house of the Michigan Legislature. Along with the Michigan House of Representatives, it composes the state legislature, which has powers, roles and duties defined by Article IV of the Michigan Constitution, ado ...
in 1838 and 1839. Wing served on the
Michigan Supreme Court The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is Michigan's court of last resort and consists of seven justices. The Court is located in the Michigan Hall of Justice at 925 Ottawa Street in Lansing, the state ...
from 1845 to 1856. He then resigned and was general counsel for the Lakeshore and Southern Michigan Railroad until his death. Wing died in Monroe, Michigan.'The History of the University of Michigan,' Burke A. Hinsdale, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor: 1906, Biographical Sketch of Warner Wing, pg. 170


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1805 births 1876 deaths Politicians from Marietta, Ohio People from Monroe, Michigan Michigan lawyers Chief Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court 19th-century American judges Members of the Michigan House of Representatives Michigan state senators 19th-century American lawyers 19th-century American legislators Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court People from Michigan Territory {{Michigan-politician-stub