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| Date Born: January 1, 1810 |
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Date Died: August 15, 1862 |
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| Place Born: Cumberland County, NC |
Place Buried: Cross Creek Cemetery in Fayetteville, NC |
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| Residence: Cumberland County, NC |
Occupation: Lawyer |
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Warren Winslow (1 January 1810 -- 15 August 1862) was the Democratic governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1854 to 1855. Winslow was serving as Speaker of the North Carolina Senate in 1854 when Governor David S. Reid resigned, having been elected to the US Senate by the legislature. Speaker Winslow succeeded to the office for the last few months of Reid's term, under the law of the time. 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. Winslow, Warren, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, N.C., January 1, 1810; was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1827; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Fayetteville; member of the State senate, and served as speaker; Acting Governor of North Carolina in December 1854; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, and Thirty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1861); died in Fayetteville, N.C., August 16, 1862; interment in Cross Creek Cemetery. |
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