Background
He was born on August 12, 1880, on a farm in the Town of Phelps, Ontario County, New York, the son of Henry D. Warner (1844–1908) and Frances Belle (Spear) Warner.
He was born on August 12, 1880, on a farm in the Town of Phelps, Ontario County, New York, the son of Henry D. Warner (1844–1908) and Frances Belle (Spear) Warner.
Hobart College, Bachelor of Laws. Cornell University, Bachelor of Laws.
From Hobart College in 1902, and Bachelor of Laws from Cornell Law School in 1905. He was admitted to the bar the same year, and practiced in Phelps. In 1908, he was appointed as Attorney of the Village of Phelps and held this office until 1945.
He was a delegate to the 1940 Republican National Convention.
He resigned his senate seat on January 22, 1945, and was appointed to the New York Supreme Court. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court (7th Doctorate) from 1945 to 1950, and an Official Referee (ie a senior judge on an additional seat) of the Supreme Court from 1951 to 1956.
He died in December 1971.
In June 1954, he decided to annul a marriage after thirteen years, and give custody of the two daughters to the wife, because the husband had committed a fraud by hiding from his wife his belief in communism.
Warner was a member of the New York State Senate from 1933 to 1945, sitting in the 156th, 157th, 158th, 159th, 160th, 161st, 162nd, 163rd, 164th and 165th New York State Legislature.
Spouse Selma L. Holbrook, November 26, 1907, Phelps, N.