Joseph Warder


Joseph H. Warder, Sr was a lawyer and politician of Jeffersonville, Indiana. He was also the son of former mayor Luther Warder.

Biography

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.