{{Short description|American politician (1910–1995)}} '''Calvin Warburton''' (May 28, 1910 – October 16, 1995)<ref name=nt/> is a former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He represented Raymond as a member of the Libertarian Party,<ref name=sj>{{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}}</ref> having left the Republican Party in 1991.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=nt/>
==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.<ref name=nt>{{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}}</ref> In 1991, Warburton unsuccessfully ran for the 1992 Libertarian vice presidential nomination.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Warburton sought the party's nomination for Governor of New Hampshire in 1992<ref>{{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}}</ref> and 1994.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Libertarianism}} * Libertarian Party of New Hampshire
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Warburton, Calvin}} 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:1995 deaths Category:1910 births Category:20th-century members of the New Hampshire General Court