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Walter H. Newton | |
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| Secretary to the President | |
| In office July 1, 1929 – March 3, 1933 | |
| President | Herbert Hoover |
| Preceded by | Everett Sanders |
| Succeeded by | Louis Howe |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMinnesota's 5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1919 – June 30, 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Ernest Lundeen |
| Succeeded by | William I. Nolan |
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| Born | Walter Hughes Newton (1880-10-10)October 10, 1880 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | August 10, 1941(1941-08-10) (aged 60) Minneapolis, Minnesota. U.S. |
| Resting place | Lakewood Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
Walter Hughes Newton (October 10, 1880 – August 10, 1941) was aUnited States Representative fromMinnesota who also served in theHerbert Hoover administration asSecretary to the President.
Newton was born inMinneapolis,Hennepin County, Minnesota; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Minnesota at Minneapolis in 1905; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota; first assistant prosecuting attorney of Hennepin County 1914 – 1918;
Newton was elected as aRepublican to the66th,67th,68th,69th,70th, and71st congresses. He served from March 4, 1919, until his resignation on June 30, 1929.
Congress in 1928 and 1929 adopted what was known as the "Newton Bill," to divide the jurisdiction of theEighth Circuit Court of Appeals, creating the Tenth Circuit, which sits in Denver. This was the first change in the geography of the federal courts since the present system of courts of appeals was created in 1891. The enormous Eighth Circuit had encompassed all the territory from the Mississippi (except Texas and part of Louisiana) almost to the states of the West Coast. Congressman Newton's plan resolved multiple disputes among the American Bar Association, the courts, and both Houses. Newton's solution was to divide the states along a North/South boundary, creating the Tenth Circuit as encompassing Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico, thereby leaving a somewhat unified grouping of Eighth Circuit states sharing the Mississippi/Missouri river system, from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas. The likeliest pre-Newton plan would have divided the circuit along a boundary from East to West.
Newton left Congress upon his appointment as personal secretary to PresidentHerbert Hoover. He served in that capacity until March 3, 1933; regent of theSmithsonian Institution; appointed a member of theFederal Home Loan Bank Board by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 and served until 1934 when he resumed the practice of law in Minneapolis, Minnesota; also engaged as an author; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1936 to the75th Congress; appointed FederalReferee in Bankruptcy in 1938 and served until his death in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 10, 1941; interment inLakewood Cemetery.
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