| LC control no. | n 86114599 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Barbour, W. Warren (William Warren), 1888-1943 |
| Variant(s) | Barbour, William Warren, 1888-1943 |
| Birth date | 1888-07-31 |
| Death date | 1943-11-22 |
| Place of birth | Monmouth Beach (N.J.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Found in | NUCMC data from N.J. Hist. Soc. for Philbrook, M. Papers, 1899-1958 (W. Warren Barbour) WWWA, 1943-50 (Barbour, W. Warren, U.S. senator; b. Monmouth Beach, N.J.; s. William and J. Adelaide (Sprague) B.; grad. Browning Sch., NYC, 1906; m. Elysabeth C. Carrere, 1921; elec. to senate 1932; d. 1943) Bio. Dir. Am Cong., 1961 (Barbour, William Warren, b. 1888; amateur heavyweight boxing champ. U.S. and Can., 1910-11; mem. N.Y. National Guard; served on Mexican border, 1916) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed April 26, 2022 (Barbour, William Warren, a Senator from New Jersey; born in Monmouth Beach, Monmouth County, N.J., July 31, 1888; attended the public schools and graduated from the Browning School, New York City, N.Y., in 1906; also attended Princeton University; amateur heavyweight boxing champion of the United States and Canada in 1910 and 1911; member of the New York National Guard for ten years, serving on the Mexican border in 1916, attained the rank of captain; member of the Rumson (N.J.) Borough Council in 1922; served as mayor of Rumson, N.J. 1923-1928; moved to Locust, Monmouth County, N.J., in 1930; engaged in the thread manufacturing business and other industrial enterprises; appointed on December 1, 1931, and subsequently elected on November 8, 1932, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dwight W. Morrow and served from December 1, 1931, to January 3, 1937; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936; resumed his former pursuits; member of the New Jersey Unemployment Compensation Commission in 1937; again elected on November 8, 1938, to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of A. Harry Moore; reelected in 1940, and served from November 9, 1938, until his death in Washington, D.C., on November 22, 1943; interment in Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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