Herbert B. Warburton

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name = Herbert B. Warburton
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office = U. S. Representative from Delaware
term_start = January 3 1953
term_end = January 3 1955
predecessor = J. Caleb Boggs
successor = Harris B. McDowell, Jr.
birth_date = birth date|1916|9|21|mf=y
birth_place = Wilmington, Delaware
death_date = death date and age|1983|07|30|1916|09|21
death_place = Lewes, Delaware
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party = Republican
residence = Wilmington, Delaware Frankford, Delaware
alma_mater = University of Delaware
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profession = lawyer
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Herbert Birchby Warburton (September 21 1916 – July 30 1983) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware and Frankford, in Sussex County, Delaware. He was a veteran of World War II, and a member of the Republican Party, who served as U.S. Representative from Delaware.

Early life and family

Warburton was born September 21 1916 in Wilmington, Delaware. He attended the public schools of Wilmington, and Reading, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware in 1938, and from Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1941.

An ROTC graduate from the University of Delaware, he was commissioned a second lieutenant, and began active Army duty as first lieutenant of the One Hundred and Twenty-second Antiaircraft Battalion in September 1941. After graduation from the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in September 1945 he served as a battalion commander in until relieved from active duty as a major in December 1945.

Professional and political career

Warburton was admitted to the Delaware bar in absentia in 1942 and began a practice following his return from the Army in 1946. He served as city solicitor for Wilmington, Delaware from 1949 until 1952. Warburton was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1952, defeating Democrat Joseph S. Scannell. He served in the Republican majority in the 83rd Congress. In 1954 he did not seek another term in the U.S. House, but rather unsuccessfully sought the United States Senate seat of incumbent Democrat J. Allen Frear, Jr.. In all, Warburton served from January 3 1953 until January 3 1955, all but the first 17 days falling during the administration of U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Following his congressional service, Warburton was appointed special assistant to United States Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell from 1955 until 1957, general counsel for the Post Office Department from 1957 until 1961, and minority counsel to the U.S. House House Government Operations subcommittee, serving there from 1961 to 1964. Subsequently, he became a resident of Frankford, Delaware and was executive director of the American Orthotics and Prosthetics Association and the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics.

Death and legacy

Warburton died July 30 1983 in Lewes, Delaware.

Public offices

Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1st. U.S. Representatives take office January 3rd, and have terms of two years.