Gideon Ellis Newman (1823–1911) was a member of the

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Biography

Newman was born on October 26, 1823, in

Dixfield, Maine Dixfield is a New England town, town in Oxford County, Maine, Oxford County, Maine, United States. Dixfield is included in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area. The population was 2,253 at the 2020 United State ...

. On November 19, 1848, he married Elizabeth Wardall. They would have six children. In 1854, Newman settled in

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. During the

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, he enlisted with the 35th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment of the Union Army. He took part in the

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and achieved the rank of first lieutenant. Newman died on February 7, 1911, and was buried in Cooksville.

Assembly career

Newman was a member of the Assembly during the 1877 session. He was a Republican.

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Wisconsin Historical Society
{{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Gideon People from Dixfield, Maine People from Porter, Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly People of Wisconsin in the American Civil War Union army officers Union army soldiers 1823 births 1911 deaths 19th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature