Biography

10/02/1835 - 03/10/1912

William Imlay Newell, Sr. (R8) Philadelphia (Part) County 1877-1882

Early Life:

William Imlay Newell, Sr., born October 2, 1835, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; son of James and Amy Anderson Imlay Newell; attended public and private schools, studied navigation; moved to New Jersey, commander of several Philadelphia shipping companies; ship chandlery business; married, Edith Stetser Newell, 1861, children, Charles B. Newell, Elmina Corson Newell, Kate Blanche Newell, William Imlay Newell Jr.; Philadelphia School Director; elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1877-1882; elected, president pro tempore, 1881; wholesale oyster, food business, Philadelphia; marine insurance salesman; died, March 10, 1912 (aged 76), Pleasantville, Atlantic County, New Jersey; interment, Salem Cemetery, Pleasantville, Atlantic County, New Jersey.

Early Career: 

Commander of several Philadelphia shipping companies; ship chandlery business; wholesale oyster, food business, Philadelphia; marine insurance salesman, offices in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Egg Harbor, New Jersey; real estate broker, Atlantic County, New Jersey. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Philadelphia School Director.

Elected, Republican, Pennsylvania State Senate, 8th district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1877-1882; elected, president pro tempore, 1881; chaired, Corporations during the 1879-1880 session, other committee assignments, Banks, Insurance, Legislative Congressional and Judicial Apportionment, Municipal Affairs, Railroads. 

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members N". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1881) Smull, W.P., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 674, 680-682, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 647.

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Tuesday, March 12, 1912, Page 3.

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