Newton W. Gilbert
Appearance
Newton Whiting Gilbert | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 12th district | |
In office March 4, 1905 – November 6, 1906 | |
Preceded by | James M. Robinson |
Succeeded by | Clarence C. Gilhams |
Philippine Secretary of Public Instruction | |
In office March 1, 1909 – December 1, 1913 | |
Appointed by | William Cameron Forbes |
Preceded by | William Morgan Shuster |
Succeeded by | Henderson S. Martin |
Acting Governor-General of the Philippines | |
In office September 1, 1913 – October 6, 1913 | |
Preceded by | William Castle, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Joseph Grew |
25th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana | |
In office January 11, 1901 – January 14, 1905 | |
Governor | Winfield T. Durbin |
Preceded by | William S. Haggard |
Succeeded by | Hugh Thomas Miller |
Member of the Indiana Senate | |
In office 1896-1900 | |
Personal details | |
Born | May 24, 1862 Worthington, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | July 5, 1939 (aged 77) Santa Ana, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Indiana |
Political party | Republican |
Newton Whiting Gilbert (May 24, 1862 – July 5, 1939) was an American politician from Indiana.
Career
[edit]He was the 25th lieutenant governor of Indiana, a member of the Indiana State Senate, a representative in the United States House of Representatives, and an acting governor-general of the Philippines from September 1, 1913, to October 6, 1913.[1] He served on the Philippine Commission, the appointed upper house of the Philippine Legislature of the American colonial Insular Government of the Philippines.
References
[edit]- ^ Newton W. Gilbert at Political Graveyard
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "Newton W. Gilbert (id: G000176)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Newton W. Gilbert at Find a Grave
Categories:
- 1862 births
- 1939 deaths
- People from Worthington, Ohio
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana
- Governors-general of the Philippine Islands
- Secretaries of education of the Philippines
- Lieutenant governors of Indiana
- Republican Party Indiana state senators
- Indiana politician stubs
- Filipino politician stubs