Joseph Warren

Joseph Warren
Portrait of Warren by John Singleton Copley, c. 1765
2nd President of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress
In office May 2, 1775 – June 17, 1775
Preceded by	John Hancock
Succeeded by	James Warren
Personal details
Born	(1741-06-11)June 11, 1741 Roxbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died	June 17, 1775(1775-06-17) (aged 34) Breed's Hill, Charlestown, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Cause of death	Killed in action
Resting place	Forest Hills Cemetery
Spouse	Elizabeth Hooten ​ ​ (m. 1764; died 1773)​
Relations	Mercy Scollay (fiancée)
Children	Elizabeth, Joseph, Mary, and Richard
Education	Roxbury Latin School
Alma mater	Harvard College
Occupation	Physician
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Military service
Allegiance	Province of Massachusetts Bay United Colonies
Branch/service	Massachusetts militia
Years of service	1775
Rank	Militiaman Major general
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War Massachusetts campaign Battles of Lexington and Concord Siege of Boston Battle of Bunker Hill  †

Joseph Warren (June 11, 1741 – June 17, 1775), a Founding Father of the United States, was an American physician who was one of the most important figures in the Patriot movement in Boston during the early days of the American Revolution, eventually serving as President of the revolutionary Massachusetts Provincial Congress. Warren enlisted Paul Revere and William Dawes on April 18, 1775, to leave Boston and spread the alarm that the British garrison in Boston was setting out to raid the town of Concord and arrest rebel leaders John Hancock and Samuel Adams. Warren participated in the Battles of Lexington and Concord the following day, the opening engagements of the American Revolutionary War.^[1]

Warren had been commissioned a major general in the colony's militia shortly before the June 17, 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill. Rather than exercise his rank, Warren chose to participate in the battle as a private soldier, and was killed in combat when British troops stormed the redoubt atop Breed's Hill. His death, immortalized in John Trumbull's painting, The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775, galvanized the rebel forces. Warren has been memorialized in the naming of many towns, counties, streets, and other locations in the United States, by statues, and in numerous other ways.