Английская Википедия:Charles F. Warwick
Charles Franklin Warwick (February 14, 1852 – April 4, 1913) was an American author, lawyer, and Republican politician who served as mayor of Philadelphia from 1895 to 1899.
Early life and career
Warwick was born in Philadelphia in 1852 to Edward Warwick, a merchant, and his wife, Anne Minshall Warwick.Шаблон:Sfn His father was a native of Philadelphia, while his mother was an immigrant from the United Kingdom.Шаблон:Sfn Warwick was educated at the Zane Street Grammar School in Philadelphia, and was admitted to Central High School, although he did not attend.Шаблон:Sfn Instead, Warwick took a job as a bookkeeper to help support his family.Шаблон:Sfn While doing so, he studied the law, working as an apprentice in the office of E. Spencer Miller, a local lawyer.Шаблон:Sfn He later attended classes at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.Шаблон:Sfn
Admitted to the bar in 1873, Warwick soon found a position in the city solicitor's office.Шаблон:Sfn That same year, he married Ella Kate Griesemer.Шаблон:Sfn The two would have six children: two girls and four boys.Шаблон:Sfn He was interested in politics from an early age, and gave speeches on behalf of John F. Hartranft in his campaign for governor of Pennsylvania in 1876.Шаблон:Sfn After the election, Warwick opened his own law office and practiced for several years until George Scott Graham, newly elected District Attorney of Philadelphia, hired him in 1880.Шаблон:Sfn During James G. Blaine's campaign for the Presidency in 1884, Warwick gave speeches in his favor in Indiana and Ohio.Шаблон:Sfn That same year, Warwick was elected City Solicitor by a 14,000-vote margin, running ahead of the ticket.Шаблон:Sfn Three years later, he was reelected by a 48,000-vote majority.Шаблон:Sfn As City Solicitor, much of his work involved suits about the railroads, including the construction of elevated railways and disputes over street paving where rails ran on the public roads.Шаблон:Sfn
Mayor
In 1895, Philadelphia Republicans nominated Warwick for mayor.Шаблон:Sfn He was the candidate of the reform faction of the party, defeating machine boss Boies Penrose.Шаблон:Sfn Although one modern author described him as a "colorless but competent regular,"Шаблон:Sfn Warwick was popular with his contemporaries.Шаблон:Sfn As mayor, he oversaw the visit of Li Hongzhang, the Chinese politician and general, to the city in 1896.Шаблон:Sfn He was supportive of the Reading Railroad's construction of the City Branch along Pennsylvania Avenue and encouraged development of the Delaware River waterfront area.Шаблон:Sfn He also campaigned, unsuccessfully, for the state capital to be relocated to Philadelphia from Harrisburg.Шаблон:Sfn
Author
Mayors in Philadelphia were limited to one four-year term, so in 1899, Warwick left office. Besides continuing his law practice, he also wrote several books of historical scholarship, including Mirabeau and the French Revolution (1908), Danton and the French Revolution (1909), and Napoleon and the end of the French revolution (1910).Шаблон:Sfn A few years later, in 1913, he published a less formal local history, entitled Warwick's Keystone commonwealth; a review of the history of the great state of Pennsylvania, and a brief record of the growth of its chief city, Philadelphia.Шаблон:Sfn Warwick died later that year, and was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.Шаблон:Sfn
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