Truman Handy Newberry

Truman Handy Newberry ( born November 5, 1864 in Detroit, Michigan, † October 3, 1945 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan ) was an American business leaders, politicians, the Republican Party and both Secretary of the Navy of the United States or a U.S. Senator for the state of Michigan.

Biography

The son of John Stoughton Newberry, a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, studied post-school at Yale University and graduated in 1885 from. Subsequently, he was first manager of the Bay City & Alpena Alpena Railway with headquarters in Detroit and then from 1887 to 1901 President and Chief Financial Officer ( Treasurer ) of the Detroit Steel & Spring Co. meantime he made during the Spanish- American War of 1898 his military service in the U.S. Navy. Later, he was a board member of Cleveland - Cliffs, a producer of iron ore pellets.

On November 1, 1905 he was first assistant to the U.S. Navy Minister ( Assistant Secretary of the Navy ), and held that office until 1908. On 1 December 1908, Truman Handy Newberry by President Theodore Roosevelt eventually even to the Secretary of the Navy ( Secretary of the Navy ) appointed in his cabinet. He held this cabinet posts until the end of Roosevelt's term of office on March 4, 1909 and was thus the sixth Secretary of the Navy during Roosevelt's eight-year presidency.

As representatives of the Republican, he was elected U.S. Senator in 1918 and held the second Senate seat (Class 2) of the State of Michigan on 4 March 1919 to 18 November 1922. He then resigned after he was sentenced in 1921 for election fraud ( Overspending Election ). Later this decision was reversed by the Supreme Court. Then Newberry was awarded his seat by the Senate again; However, concerns about the cost of his campaign were raised in the same decision again. Then he renounced finally on his seat and withdrew from politics.