WARREN, FRANCIS EMERY
Adair's New Encyclopedia · 1923 · p. 15
(1844), a United States senator, born at Hinsdale, Ma ., son of Joseph S. and Cynthia Estella Abbott Warren. He received an academic education in Ma achusetts. After serving in the Civil War he was a farmer and stock raiser in Ma . until 1868. and after wards was engaged in the same occupation in Wyoming. Making his headquarters at Cheyenne, he was identified with the local politics of that city until 1885, and afterwards with state politics of Wyoming, in 1890 becoming the first governor of that state. He however resigned this position upon elected United States senator in 1890 and was reelected for the succeeding terms to 1925. BLE (1830-82), an American general born at Cold spring, New York. He was educated at West Point for the army, which he entered at the age of twenty. He took an active part in the campaign of the American Civil War, being early in the war gazetted as brigadier-general of the volunteer corps. He was an extremely brilliant general, but his extreme brilliance led him into some positions which a le brilliant but safer man would not have entered. He fell under the suspicions of several generals and was finally relieved of his command by Sheridan, but was completely exonerated by the court of inquiry. He was promoted to the rank of brigadier-general in the regular army. As an engineer his survey work was extremely valuable.
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