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Warner, Adoniram Judson

soldier, merchant, congressman, author, was born Jan. 13, 1834, in Wales, N. Y. He was educated at Beloit, Wis.; and New York Central college.

He was principal of the Lewistown academy, and superintendent of public schools of Mifflin county, and principal of Mercer union schools, Pennsylvania, from 1856 to 1861. He entered the army as captain in a Pennsylvania regiment in 1861, was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and colonel, and brevetted brigadier-general. Heserved through the war, participating in various battles, and was severely wounded at Antietam. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1865, but engaged in other business. He was elected to the forty-sixth and forty-eighth congresses and was re-elected to the forty-ninth congress as a democrat. He is a successful dealer in railroad coal and iron; is president of the Bimetallic union from its formation; and in addition to economic questions he has been a student of geology, archæology and kindred subjects. He is the author of Appreciation in Money; and Source of Value in Money.