Josiah T. Newcomb

Josiah T. Newcomb (1902)

Josiah Turner Newcomb (June 19, 1868 – January 3, 1944) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.^[1]

Life

He was born on June 19, 1868, in Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan, the son of Henry Martyn Newcomb and Lucia (Turner) Newcomb. He attended the public high school in Washington, D.C.; and graduated from Williams College in 1892. Then he became a newspaper editor and worked for the New York Evening Post.^[2] He also studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1902, and practiced in New York City.

Newcomb was a member of the New York State Assembly (New York Co., 23rd D.) in 1902 and 1904.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (19th D.) from 1909 to 1912, sitting in the 132nd, 133rd, 134th and 135th New York State Legislatures. ^[3]

At the Republican primary for the New York state election, 1914, he supported Harvey D. Hinman for governor and, after Hinman's defeat, supported the Progressive ticket. In 1917, he managed Mayor John Purroy Mitchel's failed campaign for re-election.

From 1917 to 1927, he was Special Counsel to the Electric Bond and Share Company.^[4]

From 1927 to 1932 he was counsel to the National Utility Association.^[1]

He moved to LaGrangeville, in Dutchess County, and engaged in farming.

He died on January 3, 1944 at Vassar Hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York.^[1]

Sources

1. "J. Newcomb Dies, Ex-State Senator". New York Times. January 4, 1944. Retrieved 2014-12-29. Counsel for National Utility Association in 1927-32. Once Newspaper Man
2. New York Red Book (1902; pg. 149)
3. Official New York from Cleveland to Hughes by Charles Elliott Fitch (Hurd Publishing Co., New York and Buffalo, 1911, Vol. IV; pg. 345, 349 and 367)
4. Josiah T. Newcomb at RootsWeb