Joseph P. Newsham

Quill platform ID: p11359.

"(May 24, 1837 -- October 22, 1919) Joseph Parkinson Newsham was a(n) merchant, lawyer, soldier, clerk, public servant, planter, establisher of a newspaper, and American politician. He was born in Preston, Lancashire, England and moved to Illinois and then Donaldsonville, Louisiana in 1864. Joseph studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860 and 1865 (Illinois and Louisiana respectfully). He served in the Union Army as a adjutant of the 32nd Regiment Missouri Volunteer Infantry and resigned on account of disabilities incurred in action (July 4, 1864). Newsham was a clerk of the 4th judicial district court of the Parish of Ascension, member of the Louisiana constitutional convention (1867 & 1868), and established the Feliciana Republican (1869). Joseph was elected as a Republican to the 40th Congress (July 16, 1868 - March 3, 1869). He successfully contested the election of Michael Ryan to the 41st Congress (May 23, 1870 - March 3, 1871) and was not reelected. [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=N000072]"

Member of Louisiana Delegation—United States Fifteenth Amendment, Louisiana Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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