15 Facts About Warren Green

Warren Everett Green was an American politician who served as the 13th governor of South Dakota.

Warren Green was a state senator from 1913 through 1915, and again from 1923 to 1927.

Warren Green was born in Jackson County, Wisconsin, the oldest of eight children.

Warren Green's family emigrated to Dakota Territory and settled in Hamlin County in the spring of 1881.

Warren Green grew up there and went into the farming business.

Warren Green served in several local offices including twelve years as president of the local school board.

Warren Green served three terms in the state senate, South Dakota Legislature.

Warren Green served on the South Dakota Board of Charities and Corrections from 1913 to 1920.

Warren Green was elected governor in 1930 and took office at the beginning of the Great Depression.

Warren Green inherited a massive state debt that he met with tax reform, budget reductions and the reorganization of the state's relief agencies.

Warren Green reduced salaries from 10 to 20 percent and had to deal with drought, a grasshopper plague, a crop failure and an exceptionally hard failure.

Warren Green sought re-election in 1932 but was defeated by Tom Berry.

Warren Green was a delegate to the 1936 Republican National Convention.

Warren Green moved to Watertown, where he died on April 27,1945.

Warren Green was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Watertown, Codington County, South Dakota.