Warren Billings

Warren K. Billings
Billings c. 1916
Born(1893-07-04)July 4, 1893
Middletown, New York
DiedSeptember 4, 1972(1972-09-04) (aged 79)
Redwood City, California
Occupations
  • Labor leader
  • Political activist
  • Watchmaker
Known for1916 Preparedness Day bombing
Criminal statusReleased in 1939, pardoned in 1961
SpouseJosephine Rudolph
ParentWilliam Billings
Criminal charge
  • Detonation of explosive
  • Planting homemade bomb
PenaltyDeath, commuted to life imprisonment
Date apprehended
July 26, 1916
Imprisoned atFolsom State Prison

Warren Knox Billings (July 4, 1893 – September 4, 1972) was a labor leader and political activist, who was convicted with Thomas Mooney of the San Francisco Preparedness Day Bombing of 1916. It is believed that the two were wrongly convicted of a crime they did not commit. Billings served 23 years in prison before being released in 1939 and finally being pardoned in 1961 by governor Edmund G. Brown.