{{Short description|American politician (1834–1880)}} {{other people|William Warren}} <!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000168. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | birth_name = William Wirt Warren | honorific_suffix = | image = File:William Wirt Warren (Massachusetts Congressman).jpg | caption = | alt = | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | birth_date = {{birth date|1834|2|27}} | birth_place = [[Brighton, Boston]], Massachusetts | death_date = {{death date and age|1880|5|2|1834|2|27}} | death_place = [[Boston]], Massachusetts | spouse = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | relations = | children = | alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] | occupation = {{hlist|Lawyer|politician}} | profession = | signature = | name = William W. Warren | website = | footnotes = | office1 = Member of the [[Massachusetts State Senate]] | term1 = 1870 | district = {{ushr|MA|8|8th}} | successor = [[William Claflin]] | predecessor = [[John M. S. Williams]] | term_start = March 4, 1875 | term_end = March 3, 1877 | resting_place = [[Evergreen Cemetery (Boston, Massachusetts)|Evergreen Cemetery]] }}
'''William Wirt Warren''' (February 27, 1834 – May 2, 1880) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]] from 1875 to 1877.
==Early life and education== William W. Warren was born in [[Brighton, Boston|Brighton]] (now a part of [[Boston]]), [[Massachusetts]] on February 27, 1834. He received a classical education, and graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1855.
He attended [[Harvard Law School]], continued to studied law, was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]], and commenced practice in 1857.
== Career == In 1865 he was appointed assessor of internal revenue for the seventh district of Massachusetts, responsible to ensure payment of taxes levied to support the [[Union Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]. Warren also served on Brighton's school board and as its town clerk. He advocated for Brighton to be annexed to Boston, which occurred in 1874.
=== Political career === Warren was a delegate to the [[1868 Democratic National Convention]]. In 1870 he served in the [[Massachusetts State Senate]]. He ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1872, losing to [[John M. S. Williams]].
In 1874 Warren was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[44th United States Congress|Forty-fourth]] Congress (March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the [[45th United States Congress|Forty-fifth]] Congress, losing to [[William Claflin]].
=== Return to private practice === After leaving Congress Warren resumed practicing law Boston.
== Death == Warren died in Boston on May 2, 1880. He was interred at [[Evergreen Cemetery (Boston, Massachusetts)|Evergreen Cemetery]] in Boston.
==See also== * [[1870 Massachusetts legislature]]
==References== {{CongBio|W000168}} *[https://books.google.com/books?id=9WswAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22William+Wirt+Warren%22&pg=PA531 William Wirt Warren] in ''Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England for the Nineteenth Century''. Volume III. 1901. Page 529. Conrad Reno, author.
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