Warren Barkley English (May 1, 1840 – January 9, 1913) was an American politician who served one year as a

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from

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from 1894 to 1895.

Biography

Born in

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(now West Virginia), he attended the public schools and Charles Town Academy until June 1861. He served in the

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during the

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and after the war moved to

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where he attended the California Military Academy. English was elected a member of the board of supervisors of

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in 1877 and served four years. He was elected

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in 1882 and was named a delegate to the

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in 1884. His brother, William D. English sought the 1890 Democratic nomination for

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. The California Democratic State Convention was controlled by

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Boss, Christopher Buckley. Buckley secured the nomination for San Francisco Mayor Edward B. Pond over

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's favorite son, W.D. English. Pond would go on to lose to

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in the general election. Warren English successfully contested as a

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the election of

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to the Fifty-third Congress and took his seat April 4, 1894, serving until March 3, 1895. He was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress. After leaving Congress, he engaged in the real estate business in Oakland. In 1905, he moved to

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, California where he engaged in

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. He died in

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in 1913 and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, California.

References

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