Background
Warder, Walter was born on April 7, 1851 in Maysville, Mason Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of Joseph and Ann Thomas (Kirkham) Warder.
Warder, Walter was born on April 7, 1851 in Maysville, Mason Company, Kentucky, United States. Son of Joseph and Ann Thomas (Kirkham) Warder.
Brought to Illinois by parents in infancy. Public schools and University of Illinois.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1874. Practiced at Marion, Illinois, 1874-1880, since at Cairo. Appointed state’s attorney Alexander Company, Illinois, 1883.
Master in chancery, Alexander Company Circuit Court, most of time, since 1885.
Member Illinois House of Representatives, 1891-1895, Senate, 1896-1901 (president pro tem., 1899-1900). Acting governor of Illinois for 2 months, 1899-1900, successfully dealing with labor strike troubles at Virden and Caterville.
Major privisional regiment Illinois Volumes Spanish-American War, 1898. Commissioner for Illinois to Saint Louis Exposition and Chairman of Commission mines and minerals, 1904.
President Board of Education, Cairo, 1907-1910.
Clubs: Alexander, Commercial.
Married Daro Bain, of Vienna, Johnson Company, Illinois, May 25, 1874.