William A. Newell
(1817-1901)
18th Governor of New Jersey
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William Augustus Newell (September 5, 1817 – August 8, 1901), was an American physician and politician, who was a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives, served as a Republican as the 18th governor of New Jersey, and as the 11th governor of the Washington Territory from 1880-1884. He is probably best known for, and was most proud of, the Newell Act, which created the United States Life-Saving Service (a federal agency that grew out of private and local humanitarian efforts to save the lives of shipwrecked mariners and passengers; which ultimately merged with the Revenue Cutter Service to form the United States Coast Guard in 1915).
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5 September 1817 Franklin, Ohio
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| Died |
8 August 1901 (aged 83) Allentown, New Jersey
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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