Calvin Warburton
{{Short description|American politician (1910–1995)}}
Calvin Warburton (May 28, 1910 – October 16, 1995) is a former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He represented Raymond as a member of the Libertarian Party,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ywggAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UWUFAAAAIBAJ&dq=libertarian%20andy-borsa&pg=1367%2C1317249|title=Libertarians maintain ballot status|date=November 6, 1992|accessdate=November 14, 2013|work=Sun Journal|page=13}} having left the Republican Party in 1991.{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec00/libertarian_history.html|title=Libertarian Party History|date=July 5, 2000|accessdate=November 14, 2013|publisher=PBS|archive-date=January 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108021110/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec00/libertarian_history.html|url-status=dead}}
Early life and career
Warburton grew up in Lynn, Massachusetts and worked as a military chaplain in World War II, Korea and Germany, then in the National Guard.
Political career
Entering politics at the age of 66, Warburton ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in New Hampshire's 1st congressional district in 1976.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MI1jAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uHkNAAAAIBAJ&dq=calvin-warburton&pg=7087%2C1810593|title=The Candidates: Warburton, Running For Congress|date=August 11, 1976|accessdate=November 15, 2013|work=The Telegraph|first=Brenda W.|last=Rotzoll|page=29}} In 1991, Warburton unsuccessfully ran for the 1992 Libertarian vice presidential nomination.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iYZKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PpQMAAAAIBAJ&dq=calvin-warburton%20libertarian&pg=1714%2C381450|title=N.H. Libertarian loses national bid|date=September 1, 1991|accessdate=November 15, 2013|work=The Telegraph|page=3}} Warburton sought the party's nomination for Governor of New Hampshire in 1992{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4xklAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9RIGAAAAIBAJ&dq=calvin-warburton&pg=1962%2C2109996|title=Candidates for governor|date=September 2, 1992|accessdate=November 15, 2013|work=Milford Cabinet|page=39}} and 1994.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IWAgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pWUFAAAAIBAJ&dq=calvin-warburton&pg=6276%2C356036|title=House member running for governor|date=November 2, 1993|accessdate=November 15, 2013|work=Sun Journal|page=28}}
See also
{{Portal|Libertarianism}}
References
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Category:Libertarian Party (United States) officeholders
Category:New Hampshire Libertarians
Category:Members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Category:People from Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Category:20th-century members of the New Hampshire General Court