| LC control no. | n 91082593 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Booth, Newton, 1825-1892 |
| See also | California. Governor (1871-1874 : Booth) |
| Birth date | 1825-12-30 |
| Death date | 1892-07-14 |
| Place of birth | Salem (Ind.) |
| Place of death | Sacramento (Calif.) |
| Affiliation | Indiana Asbury University (Greencastle, Ind.) California. Legislature. Senate United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Governors |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Indiana Historical Society for Reynolds, J.M. Papers, 1840-1899 (Newton Booth) Bio. dir. of U.S. Congress, 1774-1989 (Newton Booth, 1825-1892; sen. from Calif.; b. Salem, Ind.; lawyer; moved to Calif. in 1850; briefly engaged in grocery business in Sacramento; practiced law in Terre Haute, Ind., 1857-1860, then returned to Sacramento; state legislator; Calif. govr., 1871-1874; U.S. senator, 1875-1881; returned to mercantile interests in Sacramento where he died) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, October 18, 2017 (Booth, Newton, a Senator from California; born in Salem, Washington County, Ind., December 30, 1825; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Asbury (later DePauw) University, Greencastle, Ind., in 1846; studied law in Terre Haute, Ind.; admitted to the bar in 1850; moved the same year to California, where he temporarily engaged in the wholesale grocery business at Sacramento; returned to Terre Haute in 1857 and engaged in the practice of law until 1860, when he returned to Sacramento, Calif., and again engaged in mercantile pursuits; member, State senate 1863; Governor of California, 1871-1874, when he resigned, having been elected Senator; elected as an Anti-Monopolist to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1881; was not a candidate for reelection in 1880; chairman, Committee on Manufacturers (Forty-fifth Congress), Committee on Patents (Forty-fifth Congress); engaged in the wholesale mercantile business in Sacramento, Calif., where he died on July 14, 1892; interment in the City Cemetery.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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