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(Redirected from Abner W. Files) Arkansas politician (1829–1913)
A. W. Files
11th Arkansas State Auditor
In office
1883–1887
GovernorJames H. Berry
Simon Pollard Hughes Jr.
Preceded byJohn Crawford
Succeeded byWilliam Read Miller
Personal details
BornAbner W. Files
(1829-11-26)November 26, 1829
DiedMarch 24, 1913(1913-03-24) (aged 83)
NationalityAmerican
Political partyProgressive
Other political
affiliations		Populist
Democratic
Children5
ProfessionPolitician, newspaper editor
Military service
AllegianceConfederate States of America
Branch/serviceConfederate States Army

Abner W. Files (November 26, 1829 – March 24, 1913), also known as A. W. Files, was a newspaper editor and state auditor in Arkansas. He edited the Ashley County Times. He also ran for governor as a Populist before returning to the Democrat Party. He served in the Confederate Army.

He was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He served as State Auditor of Arkansas for four years from 1883-1887. He was a Democrat. He was succeeded in office by former State Auditor and former Governor of Arkansas William Read Miller.

He lived in Little Rock. He was a private secretary for Governor James P. Eagle. He became a Populist, and served as its party chairman in Arkansas, and then joined the Bull Moose Party. He married and had four daughters and a son.

He died at home.

References

  1. Allsopp, Fred William (1922). History of the Arkansas Press for a Hundred Years and More. Parke-Harper. p. 570.
  2. "Col. A.W. Files Called By Death This Morning". Arkansas Democrat. 1913-03-24. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-09-18.
  3. "Hayden's Annual Cyclopedia of Insurance in the United States". Insurance Journal Company. September 16, 1911 – via Google Books.
  4. Hild, Matthew (November 1, 2018). Arkansas's Gilded Age: The Rise, Decline, and Legacy of Populism and Working-Class Protest. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 9780826274182 – via Google Books.
  5. Sterling, Robin (January 12, 2016). People and Things from the Walker County, Alabama Jasper Mountain Eagle (1910 - 1913). Lulu.com. ISBN 9781329826373 – via Google Books.
  6. "The Prescott daily news. (Prescott, Ark.) 1907-1941, March 24, 1913, Image 1".


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