Newton W. Gilbert

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Elected to the office in 1888 as member of the Indiana State senate 1896-1900. Lieutenant Governor of Indiana from 1900-1904. Captain of Company H, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, during the war with Spain. He was elected to the Fifty-ninth Congress and served from March 4, 1905 to November 6, 1906, when he resigned.Judge of the court of first instance at Manila, Philippine Islands, from 1906-1908 by appointment of President Theodore Roosevelt, member of the Philippine Commission from 1908 and 1909. Severed as President of the board of regents at Philippine University, from 1908 to 1909. Was secretary of public instruction of the Philippine Islands in 1909. Vice Governor of the Philippine Islands from 1909-1913.Mr. Gilbert moved to New York City,New Yorkin 1916 and resumed the practice of his profession; delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1916.

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Newton Whiting Gilbert (May 24, 1862 – July 5, 1939) was a politician from Indiana. He was the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, member of the Indiana State Senate, a representative in the United States House of Representatives, and Acting Governor-General of the Philippines from September 1, 1913 to October 6, 1913. He served on the Philippine Commission, the appointed upper house of the Philippine Legislature of the American colonial Insular Government of the Philippines.

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GILBERT, Newton Whiting, a Representative from Indiana; born in Worthington, Franklin County, Ohio, May 24, 1862; moved with his parents to Steuben County, Ind., in 1875; attended the common schools of Ohio and Indiana and Ohio State University at Columbus; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1885 and commenced practice in Angola, Ind.; appointed surveyor of Steuben County, Ind., in 1886 and elected to the office in 1888; member of the State senate 1896-1900; Lieutenant Governor of Indiana 1900-1904; captain of Company H, One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, during the war with Spain; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress and served from March 4, 1905, to November 6, 1906, when he resigned; judge of the court of first instance at Manila, Philippine Islands, 1906-1908, by appointment of President Roosevelt; member of the Philippine Commission in 1908 and 1909; president of the board of regents, Philippine University, in 1908 and 1909; served as secretary of public instruction of the Philippine Islands in 1909; Vice Governor of the Philippine Islands 1909-1913; moved to New York City in 1916 and resumed the practice of law; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1916; retired in 1937 and moved to Santa Ana, Calif. where he died on July 5, 1939; interment in Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Ind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_W._Gilbert

Newton Whiting Gilbert (May 24, 1862 – July 5, 1939) was a politician from Indiana. He was the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, member of the Indiana State Senate, a representative in the United States House of Representatives, and Acting Governor-General of the Philippines from September 1, 1913 to October 6, 1913. He served on the Philippine Commission, the appointed upper house of the Philippine Legislature of the American colonial Insular Government of the Philippines.