William Wirt Warren (February 27, 1834 – May 2, 1880) was a

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Biography

William W. Warren was born in Brighton (now a part of

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on February 27, 1834. He received a classical education, and graduated from

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in 1855. He attended Harvard Law School, continued to studied law, was

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, and commenced practice in 1857. In 1865 he was appointed assessor of internal revenue for the seventh district of Massachusetts, responsible to ensure payment of taxes levied to support the

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during the

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. Warren also served on Brighton's school board and as its town clerk. He advocated for Brighton to be annexed to Boston, which occurred in 1874. Warren was a delegate to the 1868 Democratic National Convention. In 1870 he served in the

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. He ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1872, losing to John M. S. Williams. In 1874 Warren was elected as a

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to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress, losing to

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. After leaving Congress Warren resumed practicing law Boston. Warren died in Boston on May 2, 1880. He was interred at Evergreen Cemetery in Boston.

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William Wirt Warren
in ''Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century''. Volume III. 1901. Page 529. Conrad Reno, author. {{DEFAULTSORT:Warren, William Wirt 1834 births 1880 deaths Harvard University alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts 19th-century American legislators

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