Background
Winslow, Warren was born on January 1, 1810 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States.
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Winslow, Warren was born on January 1, 1810 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States.
Graduated from the University North Carolina, 1827. Studied law.
Winslow was serving as Speaker of the North Carolina Senate in 1854 when Governor David South. Reid resigned, having been elected to the Senate by the legislature. According to the 1835 Constitution, if a governor died or left office, the Speaker of the Senate was to assume the post (the lieutenant governor position was not created until the 1868 Constitution). Although first elected to the state senate in 1854, Winslow had a spectacular rise to Democratic Party leadership and became Speaker of the senate that year.
After being elected to a vacant United States. Senate seat and with almost one month left in his gubernatorial term, Governor David South. Reid handed the gubernatorial position to Winslow on December 6, 1854.
Winslow served in this position until Thomas Bragg was inaugurated on January 1, 1855. He then served in the United States House of Representatives from March 1855 to March 1861.
Winslow was a native of Fayetteville, North Carolina and also died there.
Member North Carolina Senate, served as speaker. Member United States House