Judson Lincoln NEWHALL, Congress, KY (1870-1952)

1870-1952

NEWHALL, Judson Lincoln, a Representative from Kentucky; born in Hunterstown (later changed to Louise), Province of Quebec, Canada, March 26, 1870; moved to Covington, Ky., with his parents in 1874; attended the public schools and was graduated from Martin’s Academy, Covington, Ky., in 1886; attended the law department of Indiana University at Bloomington 1896-1898, and took special academic courses at the University of Cincinnati 1924-1926; employed in the United States Internal Revenue Service as a storekeeper-gauger from 1899 until his resignation in 1905 to engage in musical work; served as director of music in the Covington public schools 1913-1917; during the First World War served as a secretary in the Y.M.C.A. welfare service; after the war resumed his position with the Covington schools; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first Congress (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress and for election in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; engaged in the oil and gasoline business; died in Park Hills, Covington, Ky., July 23, 1952; interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Erlanger, Ky.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present