Education
He attended the public schools. He was graduated from Cherokee (Iowa) High School in 1884 and from Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1888.
United States representative politician
He attended the public schools. He was graduated from Cherokee (Iowa) High School in 1884 and from Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1888.
He moved to Tacoma, Washington, in 1888. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1889, commencing practice in Tacoma. Warburton was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second Congress (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1913).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress, and afterwards resumed the practice of law in Tacoma, Washington.
He died in Boston, Massachusetts, December 24, 1926, and was interred in Mountain View Burial Park, Tacoma, Washington.
He served as member of the State senate 1896-1904.