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.
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 |
| Political party | Republican |
Newton was born in Denver; his father was a businessman there. Newton was educated in Denver and then studied at Yale Law School. He worked for the Denver law firm of Lewis & Grant before founding his own law firm. 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.[1][2]
Newton served as a legal officer in the US Navy in the Second World War. He married Virginia Shafroth in 1942; 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 ran for the office of mayor, and defeated the incumbent, Benjamin F. Stapleton, who first became mayor in 1923.[2] Newton was reelected in 1951, but declined to run for a third term 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. He served on the Republican National Committee.[3] He was president of the Commonwealth Fund in New York from 1963 to 1976, and then spent time in California. He returned to practice law at Davis Graham & Stubbs from 1981 to his death in 2003.[1][2] Newton was the first mayor of Denver to have been born in the city.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Mayor James Quigg Newton, Jr. Papers, WH1327". Western History Collection, The Denver Public Library. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Wood, Richard E. (2005). Here Lies Colorado: Fascinating Figures in Colorado History. Farcountry Press. pp. 241–246. ISBN 9781560373346.
- ^ "History of the Office of the Mayor". City and County of Denver. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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