John G. Warwick

John George Warwick (December 23, 1830 – August 14, 1892) was an American politician who served briefly as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1891 until his death in 1892

Early life John George Warwick was born on December 23, 1830, in County Tyrone on the island of Ireland. He attended the common schools of his native land. Warwick immigrated with his brothers Robert and William to the United States about 1850 and resided in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for a short time.

Career Warwick moved to Navarre, Ohio, and became a bookkeeper and clerk in a dry-goods establishment, and moved to Massillon, Ohio in 1853, and opened a dry-goods store. He worked in the dry goods store for over 20 years. Warwick was friends with New York Senator David B. Hill.

On August 2, 1892, Warwick attended a board of directors meeting for the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company in New York City. While there, he contracted food poisoning. Warwick died on August 14, 1892, at Riggs House in Washington, D.C. He was interred in Protestant Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio.