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Francis Emroy Warren (June 20, 1844 – November 24, 1929) was an American politician of the Republican Party best known for his years in the United States Senate representing Wyoming and being the first Governor of Wyoming.
Francis Warren Pershing (c. 1927) Colonel Francis Warren Pershing (1909–1980), Pershing's son, served in the Second World War as an advisor to the Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall. [51]: 570 After the war he continued with his financial career and founded a stock brokerage firm, Pershing & Company.
Fort D. A. Russell, also known as Fort Francis E. Warren, Francis E. Warren Air Force Base and Fort David A. Russell, was a post and base of operations for the United States Army, and later the Air Force, located in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The fort had been established in 1867 to protect workers for the Union Pacific Railroad. [2]
John J. Pershing (1860–1948), U.S. General of the Armies MGM-31 Pershing, U.S. ballistic missile system; Pershing II Weapon System, U.S. ballistic missile; M26 Pershing, U.S. tank; Pershing boot, a type of boot used by U.S. soldiers in World War I; Pershing Rifles, U.S. college military fraternal organization founded 1894
President Hoover issued a proclamation in 1930 which renamed the post "Fort Francis E. Warren," to honor Wyoming's territorial and first state governor. Warren, who received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Civil War at the age of 19, was a U.S. Senator for 37 years, dying in office in November 1929 at the age of 85.
Gen. John J. Pershing Boyhood Home State Historic Site in Laclede, Missouri, is maintained by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources as a state historic site. [5] General John Joseph "Jack" Pershing led the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I and attained the rank of General of the Armies. Pershing was born on a farm outside ...
Frank or Francis Warren may refer to: Frank Warren (American football) (1959–2002), played for the New Orleans Saints; Frank Warren (promoter) (born 1952), English boxing manager and promoter; Frank Warren (racing driver) (1934–2024), NASCAR Cup Series driver; Francis E. Warren (1844–1929), American politician, U.S. senator from Wyoming
The National World War I Memorial is a national memorial commemorating the service rendered by members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I.The 2015 National Defense Authorization Act authorized the World War I Centennial Commission to build the memorial in Pershing Park, located at 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.