Edwin Warfield
| Edwin Warfield | |
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| 45th Governor of Maryland | |
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In office January 13, 1904 – January 8, 1908 |
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| Preceded by | John Walter Smith |
| Succeeded by | Austin Lane Crothers |
| Member of the Maryland Senate | |
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| Born | May 7, 1848 Howard County, Maryland |
| Died | March 31, 1920 (aged 71) Baltimore, Maryland |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Emma Nicodemus |
| Relations | Joshua N Warfield, Marshall T. Warfield, John Warfield, M Gillet (Gill), Mrs. (Hoopes) |
| Children | Edwin Jr., Carrie, Louise, and Emma |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
Edwin Warfield (May 7, 1848 – March 31, 1920), a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 45th Governor of Maryland in the United States from 1904 to 1908.
Edwin Warfield was born to Albert G. Warfield and Margaret Gassaway Warfield at the "Oakdale" plantation in Howard County, Maryland. He received early education at the public schools of Howard County and at St. Timothy's Hall (formerly an Episcopal Church institution, now known as St. Timothy's School) in Catonsville, Maryland, a "streetcar suburb", southwest of Baltimore in Baltimore County. In 1877 he became a professor at Maryland's Agricultural College. Although Maryland was a Union State, many families were southern sympathizers, two of Warfield's brothers served in the Confederate States Army. Gassaway Watkins Warfield died at Camp Chase, and Albert G Warfield Jr. survived the conflict. After the abolition of slavery in the United States, Warfield had to return home frequently to help run his family's estate. He also spent time as a teacher in the county schools, and, in his spare time, studied for admission to the bar. Warfield founded "The Daily Record" as a court/legal proceedings, financial/commercial and business newspaper in 1888. It has continued into the 21st Century along with a corresponding "Warfield's" magazine published during the 1980s-90's. By his father, he was a third cousin to the Duchess of Windsor (originally named/née Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Wallis Warfield Simpson of Baltimore), wife of the abdicated king of the United Kingdom, King Edward VIII, later Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor in 1936-1937, which gained world-wide attention and coverage, seventeen years after the former Governor's death. Warfield's lineage also allowed him membership into the [Sons of the American Revolution], where he served as President General from 1902 until 1903.
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