Later Life and Legacy
After his tenure as Governor, Warfield returned to his previous activities. He became president of the Fidelity Trust Company, in addition to retaining his presidency at the Fidelity and Deposit Company. He also served as President of the Maryland Historical Society.
Warfield's health began to deteriorate in late 1919, and he was confined to his home in Baltimore during the last few months of his life. He died there, and was interred in his family burial ground at "Cherry Grove" in Howard County.
Warfield was eulogized by the Baltimore Sun not as a man who made definitive accomplishments, but for standing up to the Democratic machine and supporting the public interest, and for transforming the office of the Governor into an institution responsible to the public, not the party.
In Columbia, Maryland, Governor Warfield is remembered as one of the few persons to have a street named for him in the city. In the Columbia Town Center neighborhood, Governor Warfield Parkway runs along the west side of The Mall in Columbia for less than a mile between Little Patuxent Parkway. In 1914, a dredge named the Gov. Warfield helped to dig the Cape Cod Canal.
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