William Smith Warner

William Smith Warner (February 1, 1817 – January 6, 1897) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Warner was born on February 1, 1817 in Hector, New York.[1] He settled in Appleton, Wisconsin in 1849. He died in Fond du Lac on January 6, 1897.[2]

Career

Warner was a member of the Assembly during the 1878 session.[3] While a member, he was identified as an Independent Democrat. He was defeated for re-election as a Democratic candidate by John C. Petersen. Other positions Warner held include Postmaster, City Attorney and an alderman of Appleton, and justice of the peace.

gollark: Anyway, one interesting proposal I've read a lot is land value tax; you can set up the incentives such that you're basically just renting land from everyone, instead of buying and trading it, which seems more reasonable to me.
gollark: That doesn't seem like a very clear allocation mechanism.
gollark: How do you allocate land if not some kind of market mechanism? It seems like the really low rent would work like rent controls or whatever in that it's basically just first-come-first-serve.
gollark: Sounds like an exciting arbitrage opportunity.
gollark: I would be willing to take that chance for unreasonably large amounts of money.

References
  1. The Legislative Manual of the State of Wisconsin (17th ed.). Madison, Wis. 1878. p. 478.
  2. "Death of William S. Warner". The Weekly Wisconsin. January 9, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved January 9, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Lawrence S. Barish, ed. (2007). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2007–2008. p. 184.


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