Warren Everett Green (March 10, 1869 – April 27, 1945) was an American politician who served as the 13th governor of

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. Green, a

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from

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, served from 1931 to 1933. He was also a state senator from 1913 through 1915, and again from 1923 to 1927.

Biography

Green was born in

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, the oldest of eight children. His family emigrated to

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and settled in Hamlin County in the spring of 1881. Green grew up there and went into the farming business. He served in several local offices including twelve years as president of the local school board. He married Elizabeth Jane Parliament in 1899. They had four children.

Career

Green served three terms in the state senate,

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. He was elected in 1906, 1922 and 1924. He served on the

Board of Charities and Corrections from 1913 to 1920. Green was elected

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in 1930 and took office at the beginning of the

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. He inherited a massive state debt that he met with tax reform, budget reductions and the reorganization of the state's relief agencies. He reduced salaries from 10 to 20 percent and also had to deal with drought, a grasshopper plague, a crop failure and an exceptionally hard failure. He sought re-election in 1932 but was defeated by

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. Green went back to his farm at Hazel. He was a delegate to the 1936

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Death

Green moved to

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, where he died on April 27, 1945.''Biographical Directory of the South Dakota Legislature, 1889-1989'' (1989), p. 385 He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.

References

External links

National Governors Association
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Warren 1869 births 1945 deaths People from Jackson County, Wisconsin Republican Party governors of South Dakota Republican Party South Dakota state senators Candidates in the 1936 United States presidential election 20th-century American politicians People from Hamlin County, South Dakota People from Watertown, South Dakota