- Walter C. Newberry
Walter Cass Newberry (
December 23 ,1835 -July 20 ,1912 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIllinois .Newberry was born in
Sangerfield, New York and enlisted in theUnion 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 generalMarch 31 ,1865 .He moved to
Petersburg, Virginia , in 1865, and served as mayor of Petersburg in 1869 and 1870, resigning in the latter year. He moved toRichmond, Virginia , in 1870, and was Superintendent of public property for the State for four years.He moved to
Chicago, Illinois , in 1876, and was 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 died in
Chicago, Illinois ,July 20 ,1912 and was interred in Graceland Cemetery.References
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