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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Truman H. Newberry |
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Detroit, Michigan , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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November 05, 1864
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| Died | October 03, 1945
(80 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Dec 03, 2015 11:45am |
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| Info | 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.
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