Joseph P. Newsham

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Joseph P. Newsham

Joseph Parkinson Newsham (born May 24, 1837 in Preston , England , †  October 22, 1919 in St. Francisville , Louisiana ) was an American politician . Between 1868 and 1871 he represented the state of Louisiana in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

In 1839 Joseph Newsham came to the United States with his parents, where the family settled in Monroe County , Illinois . After elementary school, Newsham worked for a trading company for two years. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1860, he began to work in Edwardsville in his new profession. During the Civil War he served in the Union Army until he was wounded on July 4, 1864. In 1864 he moved to Donaldsville in the then Union-occupied state of Louisiana. There he became a clerk at the Ascension Parish District Court . After he was also admitted to the Louisiana bar in 1865, he began practicing in Donaldsville. Two years later he moved to St. Francisville.

Politically, Newsham became a member of the Republican Party . In 1867 and 1868 he was a delegate to meetings to revise the Louisiana Constitution. After the state was restored to the Union, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of Louisiana , where he took up his new mandate on July 18, 1868. By March 3, 1869, he ended the current legislative period in Congress . In 1869 Newsham founded the newspaper "Feliciana Republican" and in 1870 he was re-elected to the US House of Representatives after an election challenge in the fourth district of Louisiana. There he ended the current legislative period between May 23, 1870 and March 3, 1871. In 1870 he renounced another candidacy.

In the following years until 1913 Joseph Newsham worked as a planter and merchant in St. Francisville. After that, he retired. He died on October 22, 1919.

Web links

  • Joseph P. Newsham in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Newsham, Joseph P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Newsham, Joseph Parkinson (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 24, 1837
PLACE OF BIRTH Preston , England
DATE OF DEATH October 22, 1919
Place of death St. Francisville , Louisiana