Asa T. Newhall

Asa Tarbell Newhall[1]
23rd Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
In office 1889 – January 5, 1891
Preceded by	George C. Higgins
Succeeded by	E. Knowlton Fogg
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 12th Essex District[2]
In office 1904[2] – 1904[3]
Preceded by	William B. Phinney[4]
Succeeded by	Michael F. Phelan[3]
Majority	64
Member of the Massachusetts State Senate[2] 5th Essex District[5]
In office 1887[2] – 1887[2]
Member of the Lynn, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen[2]
In office 1901[2] – 1903[2]
Member of the Lynn, Massachusetts Common Council[2]
In office 1885[2] – 1886[2]
Member of the Lynn, Massachusetts School Committee[2]
In office 1891[2] – 1895[2]
Personal details
Born	December 23, 1850[2] Lynnfield, Massachusetts[2]
Died	December 1937 (aged 86–87) United States
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Cinderella Chandler[1]
Children	Thomas Bancroft Newhall; Asa T. Newhall; Grace Garland Newhall; Bessie Little Newhall[1]
Occupation	Farmer and Market gardener[2]
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Asa Tarbell Newhall was a Massachusetts politician who served in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature, and as the 23rd Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.^[2] Newhall also served in both branches of the Lynn city council and on the city's school committee.^[2]

Massachusetts House of Representatives

1903 State Representative election

In 1903 Newhall was elected as a Democrat to serve in the Massachusetts House of Representatives of 1904.^[2] In the 1903 election Newhall received 1,371 votes coming in second behind Republican candidate John W. Blaney who received 1,434 votes, and just ahead of fellow Democrat Michael F. Phelan who received 1,307 votes.^[2] The district Newhall ran in sent two representatives to the Massachusetts House, so although Newhall came in second in the vote total he was elected.^[2] While in the House of 1904 Newhall served on the Committee on Prisons.^[2]

1904 State Representative electoral defeat

In 1904 Newhall was defeated in his bid for reelection.^[3] Newhall placed third in the balloting behind Republican Arthur W. Barker and fellow Democratic party candidate Michael F. Phelan.^[3]

Asa T. Newhall as the Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts

He died in 1937.^[6]

Notes

1. 1 2 3 Rand, John Clark (1890), One of a thousand: a Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men, Boston, MA: First National Publishing Company, p. 436. 
2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1904), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume XIII, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 145. 
3. 1 2 3 4 Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1905), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume XIV, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 145. 
4. ↑ Bridgman, Arthur Milnor (1903), A Souvenir of Massachusetts legislators, Volume XIVI, Stoughton, MA: A. M. Bridgman, p. 154. 
5. ↑ Secretary of the Commonwealth (1887), Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1887, Boston, MA: Secretary of the Commonwealth, p. 1226. 
6. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=newhall&GSfn=asa&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=67487961&df=all&