his tenure as governor, Warfield returned to his previous activities. He became president of the Fidelity Trust Company with Baltimore Sun Publisher Van Lear Black. He served on the board of the Montgomery Mutual Insurance Company until his death. In addition to retaining his presidency at the Fidelity and Deposit Company. He was a prominent member of the Maryland Club and also served as President of the Maryland Historical Society. Warfield was proud of his families Confederate legacy, representing Maryland in reunions and events like the 1911 Southern commercial congress in Atlanta. 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 Sun of Baltimore 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 a more modern institution responsible to the public, not the party. On 23 September 1948, Edwin Warfield Jr. commemorated a memorial at the Howard County Courthouse to honor the Confederate soldiers from Howard County. In Columbia, Maryland, Governor Warfield is remembered with a street named for him, Governor Warfield Parkway. In 1914, a dredge named the Gov. Warfield helped to dig the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts. References External links Picture Confederate Reunion, Including Governor Edwin Warfield, 10 June 1899 1848 births 1920 deaths Democratic Party governors of Maryland Presidents of the Maryland State Senate Democratic Party Maryland state senators People from Woodbine, Maryland People from Catonsville, Maryland People from Ellicott City, Maryland Sons of the American Revolution 19th-century American politicians 20th-century American politicians Edwin