J. Quigg Newton
| J. Quigg Newton | |
|---|---|
| 36th Mayor of Denver | |
|
In office 1947–1955 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin F. Stapleton |
| Succeeded by | Will Nicholson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 3, 1911 Denver, Colorado |
| Died |
April 4, 2003 (aged 91) Colorado |
James Quigg Newton Jr. (August 3, 1911 – April 4, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the mayor of Denver, Colorado from 1947 to 1955.
Newtwon was born in Denver.[1] His father was a businessman in Denver.[2] He was educated in Denver and then studied at Yale Law School.[1] He worked for the Denver law firm of Lewis and Grant before founding his own law firm.[1] His firm merged with Lewis & Grant in 1947 to form Lewis, Grant, Newton, Davis & Henry, which later became Lewis, Grant & Davis, and then Davis Graham & Stubbs. His colleague and Yale classmate Richard Davis married his sister Nancy.[2]
Newton served as a legal officer in the US Navy in the Second World War.[1] He married Virginia Shafroth in 1942;[1] she was the granddaughter of John F. Shafroth who served as US Senator and Governor of Colorado.[2] They had four daughters.[1]
In 1947, aged 35, he stood for the office of mayor, and defeated the incumbent, Benjamin F. Stapleton, who first became mayor in 1923.[2] Newton was the first mayor of Denver to have been born in the city.[1] He was reelected in 1951, but stood down in 1955.
After leaving office as Mayor, and spending time as a vice-president of the Ford Foundation, he was president of the University of Colorado from 1956 to 1963.[2] He served on the Republican National Committee.[1][3] He was president of the Commonwealth Fund in New York from 1963 to 1976, and then spent time in California.[1] He returned to practice law at Davis Graham & Stubbs from 1981 to his death in 2003.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Mayor James Quigg Newton, Jr. Papers, WH1327". Western History Collection, The Denver Public Library. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Here Lies Colorado: Fascinating Figures in Colorado History, Richard E. Wood, p.241-246
- ↑ "History of the Office". Denver Office of the Mayor. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
