Walter C. Newberry
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Walter Cass Newberry (December 23, 1835 - July 20, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Born in Sangerfield, New York, Newberry pursued an academic course. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Chicago and Detroit. Enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War as a private in the Eighty-first Regiment, New York Volunteers. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1861, captain in 1862, major of the Twenty-fourth Regiment, New York Cavalry, in 1863, lieutenant colonel and colonel in 1864, and was brevetted brigadier general March 31, 1865. He moved to Petersburg, Virginia, in 1865. He served as mayor of Petersburg in 1869 and 1870, resigning in the latter year. He moved to Richmond, Virginia, in 1870. Superintendent of public property for the State for four years. He moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1876. Postmaster of Chicago in 1888 and 1889.
Newberry was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1892. He retired from active business pursuits. He died in Chicago, Illinois, July 20, 1912. He was interred in Graceland Cemetery.
