Cleveland A. Newton

Cleveland Alexander Newton (September 3, 1873 – September 17, 1945) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri's 10th congressional district.

Cleveland A. Newton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 10th district
In office March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1927
Preceded by	Frederick Essen
Succeeded by	Henry F. Niedringhaus
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
In office 1902–1906
Personal details
Born	(1873-09-03)September 3, 1873 Wright County, Missouri, U.S.
Died	September 17, 1945(1945-09-17) (aged 72) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Republican

Born in Wright County, Missouri, Newton attended the common schools and Drury College at Springfield, Missouri. He graduated from the law department of the University of Missouri in 1902, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hartville, Missouri, in the same year. He served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1902–1906.

From 1905 to 1907, he served as Assistant United States Attorney for the western district of Missouri, when he resigned to become assistant attorney, United States circuit court at St. Louis. He resigned this office in 1911 to become special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, which office he resigned in 1912 to resume the practice of law in St. Louis, Missouri.

Newton was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1927). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1926 to the Seventieth Congress. He did make one more run for Congress in the 1934 elections; however, he was unsuccessful. Starting in 1926, he again resumed the practice of law in St. Louis, Missouri, and Washington, D.C.

Newton served as general counsel of the Mississippi Valley Association from 1928 to 1943. He died in Washington, D.C., on September 17, 1945, and was interred in Valhalla Mausoleum, St. Louis, Missouri.