Representative Stanton Warburton

Stanton Warburton (April 13, 1865 – December 24, 1926) was an American lawyer, state legislator, and one-term United States Representative from the State of Washington. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1913, representing the interests of his Washington constituents during a significant period in American political and social development. His congressional service formed part of a broader career in law and public office that spanned several decades and two regions of the country.

Warburton was born on April 13, 1865, in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. In 1868, when he was still a young child, he moved with his parents to the Midwest, where the family settled in Cherokee, Iowa. Growing up in Cherokee, he was educated in the local public schools, an experience that provided the foundation for his subsequent academic and professional pursuits. His early life in a developing Midwestern community exposed him to the civic and economic changes of the post–Civil War era, shaping his understanding of public affairs.

Warburton completed his secondary education at Cherokee High School, from which he graduated in 1884. He then attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, an institution that was emerging as a regional center of higher learning. He graduated from Coe College in 1888. That same year, he moved west to Tacoma, Washington, reflecting the broader pattern of migration and expansion toward the Pacific Northwest in the late nineteenth century. In Tacoma, he undertook the study of law, preparing for admission to the bar and a professional life in legal practice and public service.

In 1889, Warburton was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Tacoma, Washington. His legal career soon led him into state politics. He served as a member of the Washington State Senate from 1896 to 1904, participating in the legislative process during a period of rapid growth and institutional development in the relatively young state. His work in the State Senate helped establish his reputation as a Republican legislator and provided the legislative experience that would later support his candidacy for national office.

Warburton was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress and served as a Representative from Washington in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1911, to March 3, 1913. During this single term in office, he contributed to the legislative process at the federal level, participating in debates and votes that reflected the concerns of his district and the broader national issues of the era. As a member of the House of Representatives, he took part in the democratic process and represented the interests of his Washington constituents at a time marked by progressive reforms and evolving federal policy.

In 1912, Warburton was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Sixty-third Congress, bringing his formal congressional service to a close after one term. Following his departure from the House of Representatives in March 1913, he returned to Tacoma and resumed the practice of law. He continued his professional activities there, maintaining his role in the civic and legal life of the community he had helped to shape since the late 1880s.

Stanton Warburton died on December 24, 1926, in Boston, Massachusetts. After his death, his remains were returned to Washington State, where he was interred in Mountain View Burial Park in Tacoma. His career, spanning from local legal practice to the Washington State Senate and ultimately to the United States Congress, reflected the trajectory of a late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century public servant who combined regional mobility, professional advancement, and legislative service at both the state and national levels.