Joseph E. Warner (Massachusetts politician)

Joseph Everett Warner (May 16, 1884 – May 30, 1958) was a U.S. politician who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1919 to 1920, as the Attorney General of Massachusetts from 1928 to 1935, and as a Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court from 1940 until his death in 1958.

For the member of the Michigan House of Representatives, see Joseph E. Warner (Michigan politician).
Joseph Everett Warner
Justice of the
Massachusetts Superior Court
In office
October 14, 1940[1] – May 30, 1958
Appointed byLeverett Saltonstall
Preceded byFranklin T. Hammond[2]
Succeeded byEdward Gourdin
28th Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
In office
1928–1935
GovernorAlvan T. Fuller
Frank G. Allen
Joseph B. Ely
Preceded byArthur K. Reading
Succeeded byPaul A. Dever
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[3]
In office
1919–1920
Preceded byChanning H. Cox
Succeeded byBenjamin Loring Young
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
4th Bristol District[3]
In office
1913[3]–1920[3]
Member of the
Taunton, Massachusetts
City Council[3]
In office
1907[3]–1911[3]
Personal details
BornMay 16, 1884
Taunton, Massachusetts
DiedMay 30, 1958(1958-05-30) (aged 74)
Taunton, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican
Alma materHarvard College,
Harvard Law School[4]
ProfessionAttorney

Warner was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, on May 16, 1884, to Richard Everett Warner and Ida Evelyn (Briggs) Warner. Warner graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School.[4]

After graduating from college, Warner was elected to the Taunton city council.[5] He was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1912. He served as chairman of the ways and means committee from 1916 to 1918 and speaker of the House from 1919 to 1920. Warner was a delegate to the 1920 Republican National Convention.[4]

In 1923, Warner was appointed assistant attorney general by Massachusetts Attorney General Arthur K. Reading. He was appointed attorney general when Reading resigned in 1928 and remained in office until his retirement in 1935. He then conducted private practice in Boston until 1940, when Governor Leverett Saltonstall appointed Warner to be a Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.[5]

Warner died in his home of a heart attack on May 30, 1958.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Former Atty. Gen. Warner Inducted Here as Superior Court Justice". The Boston Globe. October 15, 1940.
  2. "Governor Names Warner to Superior Court". The Boston Globe. September 26, 1940.
  3. Howard, Richard T. (1920), Public Officials of Massachusetts (1920), Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 80
  4. Howard, Richard T. (1931), Public Officials of Massachusetts (1931-1932), Boston, MA: The Boston Review, p. 27
  5. "Joe Warner Never Intended to Go Into Public Service: Taunton Man Gov. Saltonstall Has Nominated for Superior Court Has "Retired to Private Practice" Twice". The Boston Globe. September 29, 1940.
  6. Justice Joseph E. Warner Dead at 74; Served Massachusetts Superior Court, New York, NY: The New York Times Company, June 1, 1958, p. 86


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