Warfield, Edwin, 1924-1999

Edwin Warfield III (3 June 1924 – 4 October 1999) was a Maryland State Delegate from Howard County, Maryland. Warfield was born at his family manor Oakdale, where his grandfather lived as Governor of Maryland.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1943; serving in the Pacific theater flying P-51Mustangs through World War II. In 1950 he became the commander of the Maryland National Guard unit at Martin State Airport.
Warfield was elected to the Howard General Assembly House of Delegates in 1963. He was chair of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee from 1963-1970. From 1970 to 1980 he held the position of Adjutant general of Maryland.
He was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive of The Daily Record which was founded by his grandfather Edwin Warfield. He sat on the Governor's Commission on the Expansion of the University of Maryland. He created the Warfield Commission on higher education in Maryland, which recommended consolidating state colleges under the University of Maryland. He was also part of the World War II Memorial Commission.
Warfield died of congestive heart failure 4 October 1999.