Official congressional biography of Joseph Warren WARREN JOSEPH a Representive from Virginia born February 1 1743 on the enormous family plantation Appleby educated by private tutors attended Yale University 1761 1763 but left without completing the degree helped his father run Appleby served in the House of Burgesses 1770 1776 helped to write the Declaration of Independence fought in the War of Independence inherited Appleby in 1783 ran Appleby 1783 1789 owning thousands of slaves and treating them with cruelty and brutality elected to Congress as Pro Administration in 1788 re elected 1790 1792 1794 1796 1798 1800 1802 1804 1806 1808 switched to Federalist Party in 1794 died in office in Washington D C July 7 1810 buried in family graveyard at Appleby