Warfield was born at his family manor Oakdale, where his grandfather lived as Governor of Maryland.

Warfield was elected to the Howard General Assembly House of Delegates in 1963, but his slate lost all county council seats to Republicans on slow growth ballots that later approved the 100,000 person development of Columbia, Maryland in his home county.

[1] Warfield, Delegate William Hanna and Senator James A. Clark, Jr. would be the approvers of state money to provide road water and sewer for the Rouse project.

He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1943; serving in the Pacific theater flying P-51 Mustangs through World War II.

[5][6] He was the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive of The Daily Record which was founded by his grandfather Edwin Warfield.