James W. Newman

James Wirt Newman was a Democratic politician in the Ohio House of Representatives, Ohio Senate, and was Ohio Secretary of State from 1883 to 1885.

James W. Newman was born March 12, 1841 in Highland County, Ohio, and moved soon thereafter to Portsmouth, Ohio. He attended public schools in that town and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1861, where he was Sigma Chi. He did not serve his country during the American Civil War. Foryears he was editor and owner of the Portsmouth Times, and after, President of the Central National Bank of Portsmouth.

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