Eben Newton

Eben Newton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 19th district
In office
March 4, 1851  March 3, 1853
Preceded by John Crowell
Succeeded by Edward Wade
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the Trumbull County district
In office
December 5, 1842  December 1, 1844
Preceded by John Crowell
Succeeded by Samuel Quinby
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 23rd district
In office
January 4, 1864  December 31, 1865
Preceded by Samuel Quinby
Succeeded by G. F. Brown
Personal details
Born October 16, 1795
Goshen, Connecticut
Died November 6, 1885(1885-11-06) (aged 90)
Canfield, Ohio
Resting place Canfield Village Cemetery
Political party Whig
Spouse(s) Mary Church
Children four
Religion Presbyterian

Eben Newton (October 16, 1795 November 6, 1885) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio.

Born in Goshen, Connecticut, Newton attended the common schools. He moved to Portage County, Ohio, in 1814 and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He studied law with Darius Lyman and John Sloane.[1] Newton was admitted to the bar in 1823 and commenced practice in Canfield, Ohio. He formed a partnership with Elisha Whittlesey that lasted for twenty years.[2] He served as member of the Ohio Senate from 1842 to 1851. He was the presiding judge of the court of common pleas from 1844 to 1851.

Newton was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress.

He served as president of the Ashtabula & New Lisbon Railroad 1856–1859, and again served in the state senate from 1862 to 1864 during the American Civil War. He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He raised beef cattle on farms near Canfield.[1]

Newton married Mary Church of Canfield, May 1826. They had one son and three daughters.[2] He was a Presbyterian.[2]

He made a trip to California, returning with a cold, which led to his death within a month.[1] He died in Canfield, Ohio, on November 6, 1885, and was interred in Canfield Village Cemetery.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Whittlesey, Charles (1886). "Judge Eben Newton". Western Reserve Historical Society Publications. 67: 390.
  2. 1 2 3 Brennan, J. Fletcher, ed. (1880). The portrait gallery and cyclopedia of the distinguished men of Ohio (PDF). 2. Cincinnati: John C. Yorston & Company. pp. 378–379.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
John Crowell
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 19th congressional district

1851–1853
Succeeded by
Edward Wade
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