Newberry, Truman Handy, 1864-1945

LC control no.	n 89125977
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Newberry, Truman Handy, 1864-1945 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1864-11-05
Death date	1945-10-03
Place of birth	Detroit (Mich.)
Place of death	Grosse Pointe (Mich.)
Affiliation	United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Legislators Secretaries
Found in	NUCMC data from LC Manuscript Div. for Dewey, G. Papers, 1820-1919 (Newberry, Truman Handy, 1864-1945) LC data base, 3-2-90 (hdg.: Newberry, Truman Handy, 1864-1945) WWWA, vol. 2, 1943-1950 (Newberry, Truman Handy; sec. of the navy, 1908-1909; U.S. senator from Mich., 1919-1922) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed February 14, 2024: (Newberry, Truman Handy, (Son of John Stoughton Newberry), a Senator from Michigan; born in Detroit, Mich., November 5, 1864; attended public and private schools; graduated from Yale College in 1885; superintendent of construction, paymaster, general freight and passenger agent, and eventually manager of the Detroit, Bay City & Alpena Railway 1885-1887; president and treasurer of the Detroit Steel & Spring Co. 1887-1901; engaged in various other manufacturing activities; organizer of the Michigan State Naval Brigade; served in the Navy during the Spanish-American War; Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1905-1908; Secretary of the Navy in the Cabinet of President Theodore Roosevelt 1908-1909; lieutenant commander United States Navy Fleet Reserve in 1917 and assistant to the commandant third naval district of New York until 1919; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1919, until his resignation on November 18, 1922; in 1921, Newberry was tried and convicted of election "irregularities"; the conviction was reversed by the Supreme Court, and, following an investigation, the Senate declared Newberry entitled to his seat but expressed disapproval of the sum spent on his election; in the face of a new movement to unseat him, Newberry resigned; engaged in manufacturing; died in Grosse Pointe, Mich., October 3, 1945; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Mich.)
Associated language	eng