C. P. Warren Biography


	This biography appears on page 1898 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	C. P. WARREN, of Kingsbury county, was born on a farm in Olmsted 
county, Minnesota. He received his rudimentary educational discipline 
in the district schools of his native county, and was nine years of age 
at the time of the family removal from Minnesota to South Dakota. Here 
he continued to attend the public schools. He began teaching in the 
district schools of the county, and taught during the winter terms and 
worked on the farm during the summer seasons. Later he entered Western 
Normal College, in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he continued his studies 
for one school year, after which he was again engaged in teaching. He 
then attended the State University of South Dakota, after which he 
again engaged in teaching for one season and then resumed his studies 
in the university, where he remained another year. He entered the law 
department of the Minnesota State University, being graduated and being 
simultaneously admitted to the bar. Shortly after his graduation Mr. 
Warren located in DeSmet, and here he has since built up a most 
gratifying practice, gaining recognition as an able advocate and 
counsel. He was elected state's attorney of the county, and has proved 
a most capable public prosecutor, while he is also serving as city 
attorney. He is a staunch advocate of the principles and policies for 
which the Republican party stands sponsor, and takes an active part in 
local political affairs. He is affiliated with the Ancient Free and 
Accepted Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.