Joseph Warder

Joseph Warder
Jeffersonville Clerk Treasurer
In office 1904 – Unknown
Mayor of Jeffersonville
In office 1922–1925
Preceded by	Newton Meyers
Succeeded by	Harry Poindexter
Personal details
Born	June 17, 1878 Jeffersonville, Indiana
Died	Jeffersonville, Indiana
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Jeffersonville, Indiana

Joseph H. Warder, Sr (born June 17, 1878) was a lawyer and politician of Jeffersonville, Indiana. He was also the son of former mayor Luther Warder.

Joseph graduated from Jeffersonville High School in 1897 and went on to a law school in Louisville, Kentucky. By 1902 he had begun practice and two years later became elected to the City Clerk position. He would later serve had the mayor of Jeffersonville from 1922 to 1925. His most notable court case as a lawyer came after the high point of his political career as he participated in Louisville v. Babb. The Clark County Clerk Treasurer filed suit against the City of Louisville and Louisville Bridge Commission about the collection of tolls at the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge.

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