Newton Steers
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMaryland's8th district
In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979
Preceded by	Gilbert Gude
Succeeded by	Michael Barnes
Member of theMaryland Senate
In office 1971–1977
Preceded by	Thomas M. Anderson Jr.
Succeeded by	Howard A. Denis
Personal details
Born	Newton Ivan Steers Jr. (1917-01-13)January 13, 1917 Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	February 11, 1993(1993-02-11) (aged 76) Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Nina Gore Auchincloss ​ ​ (m. 1957; div. 1974)​ Inge Gabriele Wirsich Irwin ​ ​ (m. 1978)​
Children	3, includingHugh Auchincloss Steers andBurr Steers
Residence	Bethesda, Maryland
Education	Yale University (BA,JD) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation	Attorney,Politician
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army Air Corps
Years of service	1941–1946
Battles/wars	World War II

Newton Ivan Steers Jr. (January 13, 1917 – February 11, 1993), was aU.S. Congressman who representedMaryland's 8th congressional district from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1979.^[1]

Newton Ivan Steers Jr. was born on January 13, 1917, inGlen Ridge, New Jersey, to Newton Ivan Steers and Claire L. Steers. His father was president of theDuPont Film Manufacturing Corporation for seventeen years.^[2] Steers was the youngest of five children born to his parents:^[2] Helen Steers, who married George Van Trump Burgess,^[3] Charlotte Steers, who married Paul Van Winkle,^[3] Mrs. W. Breckinridge De Riemer,^[2] and Margaret Steers, who married L. H. Brague Jr.^[4]

Steers attended theWhite Plains, New York, public schools. He graduated from theHotchkiss School inLakeville, Connecticut, in 1935, and received aB.A. fromYale University in 1939. He obtained a Certificate of AdvancedMeteorology from theMassachusetts Institute of Technology in 1943, and hisJ.D. degree from theYale Law School in 1948.^[5]

Steers was admitted to theNew York bar (1958), and later to theDistrict of Columbia bar (1967), and worked with theDuPont company from 1939 to 1941. DuringWorld War II, he served inUnited States Army Air Corps from 1941 to 1946.^[2] After the war, he worked withGAF Corp. from 1948 to 1951, and theUnited States Atomic Energy Commission from 1951 to 1953. He also became president of several investment companies in New York from 1953 through 1965.^[1] Steers was said to have made his fortune during the 1950s through investing inmutual funds, forming the Atomic Development Mutual Fund in 1953 with a group of friends. The fund specialized in "securities of companies participating in activities resulting from the natural sciences."^[6]

In 1962, Steers entered politics and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1962 to the88th Congress. He served as Maryland Republican State chairman from 1964 to 1966. In 1967, Gov.Spiro T. Agnew appointed Steers the Maryland State insurance commissioner, a post he held until 1970. That year, Steers became Maryland Assistant Secretary of Licensing and Regulation and a member of theMaryland State Senate, serving from 1971 to 1977. He served as a delegate to theRepublican National Convention in1964 and1984.^[1]

In 1976, Steers was elected as aRepublican to the95th Congress over DemocratLanny Davis and independentRobin Ficker, serving from January 3, 1977, until January 3, 1979. He ran for reelection in 1978 to the96th Congress and lost to DemocratMichael D. Barnes, and unsuccessfully challenged Barnes in 1980. He was also an unsuccessful candidate for election asLieutenant Governor of Maryland in 1982, losing to DemocratJ. Joseph Curran, Jr. Steers was a resident ofBethesda, Maryland, until his death there in 1993.^[1]

In 1957, Steers marriedNina Gore Auchincloss (born 1937), the daughter ofHugh D. Auchincloss (1897-1976) and Nina S. Gore (1903–1978). Nina S. Gore had previously been married toEugene Vidal, with whom she had one child, the writerGore Vidal, Nina Gore Auchincloss's half-brother. Hugh D. Auchincloss later marriedJanet Lee Bouvier, the mother ofJacqueline Kennedy, who became a stepsister to Nina Gore Auchincloss. Kennedy was matron of honor at the wedding and then-Sen.John F. Kennedy was one of the groomsmen.^[6] Together, Steers and Nina Gore Auchincloss had three children:^[1]

• Hugh Auchincloss Steers (1962–1995), a painter who died ofAIDS-related complications^[7]
• Ivan Steers
• Burr Gore Steers (born 1965), a writer and filmmaker^[8]

Steers and Auchincloss were divorced in 1974.^[9] In 1978, he married Inge Gabriele (née Wirsich) Irwin, to whom he remained married until his death. Inge had a son, Kristof Andreas Irwin, from a previous marriage who became Steers's stepson. Steers died on February 11, 1993, at his home inBethesda, Maryland after a long battle with cancer.^[1]

• United States Congress."Newton Steers (id: S000844)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

• Newton I. Steers papers at theUniversity of Maryland libraries

• 1917 births
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• 20th-century members of the Maryland General Assembly
• United States Army personnel of World War II
• Auchincloss family
• DuPont people
• Republican Party Maryland state senators
• Politicians from Bethesda, Maryland
• People from Glen Ridge, New Jersey
• Politicians from White Plains, New York
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni
• Lawyers from Essex County, New Jersey
• Military personnel from Essex County, New Jersey
• Yale Law School alumni
• United States Army Air Forces soldiers
• Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland
• Maryland Republican Party chairs
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