Thomas Willoughby Newton

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Thomas Willoughby Newton (born January 18, 1804 in Alexandria , Virginia , † September 22, 1853 in New York City ) was an American politician . In 1847 he represented the first constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives for one month .

Career

Thomas Newton attended public schools in his home in Virginia. In 1820 he moved to Little Rock , Arkansas Territory . Between 1825 and 1829 he was a clerk at the District Court in Pulaski County . He then moved to Shelby County in Kentucky for a few years . Upon his return to Little Rock in 1837, Newton worked as a cashier at a bank.

Newton was a member of the Whig Party . Between 1844 and 1848 he was a member of the Arkansas Senate . After the then Congressman of the First District of Arkansas, Archibald Yell , had resigned his mandate to participate in the Mexican-American War , Thomas Newton was elected in 1846 in a by-election to his successor in the US House of Representatives. There he ended the legislative period of his predecessor between February 6 and March 3, 1847. In the regular congressional elections of 1846, Newton no longer ran. He died in New York in September 1853 and was buried in Little Rock.

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SURNAME Newton, Thomas Willoughby
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandria , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1853
Place of death New York City , New York