Warren Armstrong Haggott (May 18, 1864 – April 29, 1958) was a

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from

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. Born near

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, Haggott attended the common schools, Sidney Grammar School, and Xenia (Ohio) College. He was graduated from Valparaiso (Indiana) College in 1886. He taught school in

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, in 1886 and 1887. He moved to

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, in 1887. He taught school in Russell Gulch,

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, in 1887 and 1888. He was the school principal in

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in 1888 and 1889. He was the superintendent of public schools at

from 1890 to 1899. He studied law. He was

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in 1892 and commenced practice in 1899 at

. He served as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from 1902 to 1903. He served as chairman of the Republican State convention in 1904. Haggott was elected as a

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to the Sixtieth Congress (March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909). He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1908 for reelection to the Sixty-first Congress. He moved to

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in 1911. He served as judge of the district court of the second judicial district of Colorado in 1921 and 1922. He served as president of Vermillion Oil Co. from 1925 to 1944. He resumed the practice of law until his retirement in 1951. He died in

, April 29, 1958 and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver.

References

Warren A. Haggott Biography at the Colorado State Archives

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haggott, Warren Armstrong 1864 births 1958 deaths Lieutenant Governors of Colorado People from Sidney, Ohio Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado People from Idaho Springs, Colorado