13 Facts About Ernest Warner

Ernest Noble Warner was an American educator, lawyer, and progressive Republican politician.

Ernest Warner served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Madison.

Ernest Warner was the son of Union Army colonel Clement Warner, and the grandfather of Wisconsin state senator Fred A Risser.

Clement Ernest Warner was at that time a state senator, and later served a term in the Assembly.

Ernest Warner graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1892.

Ernest Warner taught a country school for one term while attending the University of Wisconsin, and was principal of Mazomanie High School for one year after graduation.

Ernest Warner was admitted to the State Bar of Wisconsin in July 1891 and took up law practice in Madison.

Ernest Warner was the Republican nominee for district attorney of Dane County in 1892 but lost.

Ernest Warner was a law examiner in the Wisconsin Department of Justice from 1899 to 1903 and secretary of the Dane County Republican campaign committee from 1902 to 1904.

In 1904, Warner was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly from Dane County's 1st Assembly district to succeed fellow Republican Matthew S Dudgeon, receiving 3,761 votes to 2,926 for Democrat Joseph C Schubert.

Ernest Warner served as floor leader for the Progressive faction of the Wisconsin Republican Assemblymen, shepherding through Progressive bills for civil service reform and for primary elections.

Ernest Warner did not run for re-election in 1906, and was succeeded in the Assembly by Democrat Elmore Elver.

Ernest Warner, who had been president of the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association since 1912, died after an automobile accident in July 1930.