Henry Ridgely Warfield

Henry Ridgely Warfield (September 14, 1774 – March 18, 1839) was a U.S. Representative from Maryland.

He was born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, at the 1300-acre property "Bushy Park".

His father, Dr. Warfield (1751–1813), was an originator of the medical school of the University of Maryland, and as a member of the Whig club, set fire to the Peggy Stewart at Annapolis, Maryland, destroying her cargo of tea.

He later settled in Frederick, Maryland, and was elected to the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1825, as a Federalist representative.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress