| William T. Warburton | |
| State Delegate: | Maryland |
| Term Start: | 1912 |
| Term End: | 1912 |
| Birth Date: | 16 July 1852 |
| Birth Place: | near Bay View, Maryland, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Elkton, Maryland, U.S. |
| Resting Place: | Elkton Cemetery |
| Children: | 2 |
William T. Warburton (July 16, 1852 – February 28, 1922) was an American politician, lawyer and bank president from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Cecil County in 1912.
William T. Warburton was born on July 16, 1852, on a farm near Bay View, Maryland, to Elizabeth (née McCauley) and William Thomas Warburton. His father was a farmer and Methodist preacher.[1] [2] [3] [4] His uncle James McCauley was chief judge of the orphans' court and his uncle Daniel McCauley was a county commissioner in Baltimore.[4] Warburton studied at West Nottingham Academy and graduated from Delaware College in 1871. He read law under Reuben Haines and was admitted to the bar in Cecil County in 1874.[1] [2] [4]
Warburton was a lawyer.[5] He served as state's attorney for Cecil County.[6] In the 1880s, he served as counsel for William N. Singerly and later was counsel of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.[1] [2]
Warburton was a Republican. He was a delegate to the 1888 Republican National Convention.[4] He was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Cecil County, in 1912.[7] In 1915, Warburton ran for the Republican nomination for governor of Maryland, but lost to Ovington Weller.[5] [8] He ran for Maryland Senate in 1917, but lost to Omar D. Crothers.[9] [10] He attended the 1888 Republican National Convention and one of the conventions that nominated William Howard Taft.[1] Until 1919 or 1920, he was a member of the State Board of Education.[1] [2]
Warburton worked as cashier and later became president of the Second National Bank of Elkton. He served in that role until his death.[1] [4] He was owner and president of the Elkton Electric Light & Power Company and later the Gilpin Falls Electric Company.[1] [2] [4] He was president of the Citizens' Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Cecil County and the Maryland Water Company.[2] [4] He also served as director of the Singerly Pulp and Paper Mills of Elkton and the Lancaster, Cecil & Southern Railroad Company. He was a trustee of the Elkton Academy.[4]
On January 2, 1877, Warburton married Matilda McFarland, daughter of Richard McFarland. They had two sons and one daughter, Henry A., Charles E. and Emma.[3] [10] [4] He bought an apple farm near where he was born for a reported .[2] He lived at North Main Street in Elkton.[4]
Warburton died from pneumonia on February 28, 1922, at his home in Elkton.[1] [10] He was buried at Elkton Cemetery.[11]