William Warren Corning (August 29, 1829June 19, 1895) was an

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merchant and Democratic politician. He was the 15th mayor of

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(1875–1877), and represented western Columbia County in the

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for the 1872 session.

Biography

William Corning was born on August 29, 1829, in

Mentor, Ohio Mentor ( ) is the largest city in Lake County, Ohio, United States. The population was 47,450 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cleveland metropolitan area. Mentor was first settled in 1797. In 1876, James A. Garfield purchased a home in Men ...

. His father died when he was five years old, but he still received an academic education. He moved around central Ohio several times, going from

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, to

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, to

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. He moved to

, in October 1858, and by March 1859 he had established his hardward business. He served on the city council, the school board, and the Columbia County board of supervisors. He was elected on the Democratic Party ticket to the

in 1871 from Columbia County's 1st Assembly district—at that time comprising the western part of the county. He did not run for re-election in 1872. He was elected mayor of Portage in 1875 and was re-elected to another term in 1876. He died at the home of his daughter in

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, in 1895. At the time he was a manager of a saw mill, employed by the Edward P. Allis Company.

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* 1829 births 1895 deaths People from Mentor, Ohio People from Portage, Wisconsin Wisconsin city council members County supervisors in Wisconsin School board members in Wisconsin 19th-century American legislators Mayors of places in Wisconsin Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Democratic-stub