Levi Warner

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Levi Warner (October 10, 1831 - April 12, 1911) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. His brother was Samuel Larkin Warner who was also a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut where he completed preparatory studies. Later, he attended the law department of Yale College and Dane Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was admitted to the bar in 1859 and commenced practice in Fairfield County, Connecticut before moving to Norwalk, Connecticut in 1858 and continuing the practice of law.

Warner was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William H. Barnum. He was reelected to the Forty-fifth Congress and served from December 4, 1876, to March 3, 1879. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law. He died died in Norwalk, Connecticut in 1911 and was buried in Riverside Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress