Newton Booth

Newton Booth
11th Governor of California
In office December 8, 1871 – February 27, 1875
Lieutenant	Romualdo Pacheco
Preceded by	Henry Huntly Haight
Succeeded by	Romualdo Pacheco
United States Senator from California
In office 1875–1881
Preceded by	John S. Hager
Succeeded by	John F. Miller
Personal details
Born	(1825-12-30)December 30, 1825 Salem, Indiana
Died	July 14, 1892(1892-07-14) (aged 66) Sacramento, California
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Octavine C. Glover-Booth
Alma mater	Asbury University
Profession	Entrepreneur, politician

Newton Booth (December 30, 1825 – July 14, 1892) was an American politician.

Born in Salem, Indiana, he attended the common schools. In 1841, his parents Beebe and Hannah Booth moved from Salem to Terre Haute, Indiana. Newton graduated from Asbury University, later renamed DePauw University, in nearby Greencastle, Indiana. He studied law in Terre Haute and was admitted to the bar in 1850. In the same year he moved to California, where he temporarily engaged in the wholesale grocery business at Sacramento. He made his fortune as a saloon keeper. He returned to Terre Haute in 1857 and engaged in the practice of law with future U.S. Congressman Harvey D. Scott until 1860, when he returned to Sacramento, and again engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was the uncle of author Booth Tarkington, son of his sister Elizabeth Booth, who was raised in Terre Haute. He married his business partner's widow Octavine C. Glover (1833-1907) on February 9, 1892.

Booth was elected to the California State Senate in 1862, serving in 1863, and was the eleventh governor of California from December 8, 1871 to February 27, 1875, when he resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.

Elected as an Anti-Monopolist, he served as a Senator from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1881; he was not a candidate for reelection in 1880. During his time in the Senate he served as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Manufacturers and the U.S. Senate Committee on Patents, both during the 45th Congress. In 1876, the Greenback Party nominated him for Vice President of the United States on the ticket with Peter Cooper. However, Booth declined the nomination and Samuel F. Cary replaced him.

After serving in Congress, he returned to his wholesale mercantile business in Sacramento where he died in 1892. He is interred in Sacramento Historic City Cemetery.^[1]

References

• Newton Booth Biography at the California State Library

• Newton Booth at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• Newton Booth at Find a Grave

United States Senate
Preceded by John S. Hager	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from California 1875–1881 Served alongside: Aaron A. Sargent, James T. Farley	Succeeded by John F. Miller

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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v t e Booth Tarkington Works Monsieur Beaucaire (1900) Penrod (1914) Penrod and Sam (1916) Seventeen (1916) The Magnificent Ambersons (1918) Alice Adams (1921) Penrod Jashber (1929) Adaptations Monsieur Beaucaire Monsieur Beaucaire (1919 operetta) Monsieur Beaucaire (1924 film) Monte Carlo (1930 film) Monsieur Beaucaire (1946 film) Other Films The Conquest of Canaan (1921) Clarence (1922, lost) The Man from Home (1922) Gentle Julia (1923, lost) Boy of Mine (1923) Cameo Kirby (1923) Penrod and Sam (1923) The Fighting Coward (1924) Father's Son (1931, lost) The Bad Sister (1931) Business and Pleasure (1932) Mississippi (1935) Alice Adams (1935) Penrod and Sam (1937) The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) Presenting Lily Mars (1943) The Magnificent Ambersons (2002) Related Newton Booth (uncle) Freedom of Speech

Authority control WorldCat VIAF: 65650931 LCCN: n91082593

Persondata
Name	Booth, Newton
Alternative names
Short description	Governor of California
Date of birth	1825-12-30
Place of birth	Salem, Indiana
Date of death	1892-7-14
Place of death	Sacramento, California