Joseph E. Warner (Massachusetts politician)

For the member of the Michigan House of Representatives, see Joseph E. Warner (Michigan politician).

Joseph Everett Warner
Warner, circa 1920
Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court
In office October 14, 1940[1] – May 30, 1958
Appointed by	Leverett Saltonstall
Preceded by	Franklin T. Hammond[2]
Succeeded by	Edward Gourdin
28th Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
In office 1928–1935
Governor	Alvan T. Fuller Frank G. Allen Joseph B. Ely
Preceded by	Arthur K. Reading
Succeeded by	Paul A. Dever
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[3]
In office 1919–1920
Preceded by	Channing H. Cox
Succeeded by	Benjamin 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
Born	May 16, 1884 Taunton, Massachusetts
Died	May 30, 1958(1958-05-30) (aged 74) Taunton, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Harvard College, Harvard Law School[4]
Profession	Attorney

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.

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

• 1915 Massachusetts legislature
• 1916 Massachusetts legislature
• 1917 Massachusetts legislature
• 1918 Massachusetts legislature
• 1919 Massachusetts legislature
• 1920 Massachusetts legislature

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

Party political offices
Preceded by Arthur Kenneth Reading	Republican nominee for Attorney General of Massachusetts 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934	Succeeded by Felix Forte
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Preceded by Channing H. Cox	Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1919 — 1920	Succeeded by Benjamin Loring Young
Political offices
Preceded by Arthur K. Reading	Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1928 - 1935	Succeeded by Paul A. Dever
Legal offices
Preceded by	Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court 1940 – May 30, 1958	Succeeded by