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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ArkansasThomas Willoughby NEWTON
(1804-1853)
NEWTON, Thomas Willoughby,
a Representative from Arkansas; born in Alexandria, Va., January
18, 1804; attended the local schools; moved to Arkansas in 1820 and
settled in Little Rock; clerk of the court of Pulaski County
1825-1829; moved to Shelby County, Ky.; returned to Little Rock in
1837 and became cashier in a bank; member of the State senate
1844-1848; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth Congress to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of Archibald Yell and served
from February 6 to March 3, 1847; was not a candidate for
renomination in 1846 to the Thirtieth Congress; died in New York
City on September 22, 1853; interment in Mount Holly Cemetery,
Little Rock, Ark.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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