Cleveland A. Newton

Cleveland A. Newton

Cleveland Alexander Newton (born September 3, 1873 in Wright County , Missouri , †  September 17, 1945 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1927 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Cleveland Newton attended his home public schools and Drury College in Springfield . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Missouri at Columbia and his admission to the bar in 1902, he began to work in Hartville in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1902 and 1906 he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives . Between 1905 and 1911 he served as an assistant federal attorney in various districts of his state. In 1911 and 1912 he worked as a special assistant for the US Department of Justice . He then continued his work as a private lawyer.

In the 1918 congressional election , Newton was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the tenth constituency of Missouri, where he succeeded Frederick Essen on March 4, 1919 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1927 . The 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were ratified in 1919 and 1920 . It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

In 1926 Newton renounced a new congressional candidacy. After leaving the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer in St. Louis and Washington. In 1934 he sought his return to Congress without success. From 1928 to 1943, Newton was a legal advisor to the Mississippi Valley Association . He died on September 17, 1945 in the federal capital Washington and was buried in St. Louis.

Web links

• Cleveland A. Newton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Cleveland A. Newton in the database of Find a Grave (English)