Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-21
Governor Newell.
From the Trenton, IN. J.) Gazette.

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The Senate recently confirmed the
nomination OF Hon. William A New
ell, of New jersey, for Governor of
Washington Territory. We are
persuaded that o better selection
could not have been made in the en-
tire length and breadth of this coun-
try. The President has shown rare
discrimination in nominating so
good a man, and the commonwealth
over which he goes to preside is to
be congratulated upon receiving a
ready made Governor, possessing in
an eminent degree all the best equip
ments for the position.
William A. Newell. Governor of
Washington Territory, is a native of
Franklin, Warren county, Ohio.
His father, James H. Newell, a ma
tive Of Monmouth county, New
Jersey, was an early settler, and
deputy surveyor of the then frontier
State of Ohio. Family considera-
tions compelled his return to New
Jersey. VIM. A. Newell was edu-
Gated at Rutgers College Grammar
School, and was graduated at Rut-
gers College in the class with Justice
Bradley, Senator Frelinghuysen,
Cortlandt Parker and Professor
Coakley, of the University of New
York. He studied medicine with
DR.. Van Deursen, at New Bruins
wick, N. j., and was graduated at
the Medical Department of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania with distinc-
ton. He began the practice of
medicine at Imlaystown, soon re-
moving to Allentown, where he still
resides. In 1S45 he held tie vote
for the nomination for Congress,
He declined in favor of Hon. VIM.
lick. In 1846 be was eleeteS Il "
Congress by large majority, anu
was again returned to the House of
Representatives in 1S4S. Declining
further election, he devoted his at
tention to medicine. In 1853, upon
receiving 100 votes on the first bal
loting in the Whig Convention, for
Governor, he withdrew his name.
In 1856 he was nominated for that
Office by the Republican and Amer
lean parties, separately, and was
elected Chief Magistrate of New
Jersey by nearly three thousand ma
jority, Buchanan carrying the State
by eight thousand. His admins
tration of State affairs was charac-
terized by close attention to the
duties of the Office. and an sconom-
ical and honest discharge of its OBJ
legations. He was again elected to
Congress in 1864. In 1877 he was
the nominee of the Republican party
for Governor, making campaign
remarkable for activity and an able
discussion of its issues, but failed of
an election the Democracy pre-
vailing, as is usual, in New Jersey,
but by a decidedly reduced majority.
His compititor was the present in
cumbent, Governor Mcclellan.
The new distinction conferred
upon Gov. Newell was rendered in o
most handsome manner by President
Hayes, with whom he was associated
in Congress. Whilst in Congress
in 1S47 DR.. Newell originated and
invented, and carried through Con-
gress by his individual and unaided
efforts the great Life Saving System
now in existence throughout the
coasts of the United States, which
has been instrumental in saving
more than fifteen thousand human
lives, and an untold amount of pro-
perty from shipwreck and destruc-
ton. Governor Newell has filed
many honorary positions. He was
for several years President of the
State Board Of Agriculture. and is
still member of that body; is Pres
dent of the National Council OF the
Union League of America; one OF
the managers of the New Jersey
Home for Disabled Soldiers; Visitor
to the State Agricultural College,
and Scientific College; Trustee OF