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J. Quigg Newton
James Quigg Newton Jr. (August 3, 1911 – April 4, 2003) was an American lawyer, academic administrator, and politician. He served as the mayor of Denver, Colorado from 1947 to 1955. He was president of the University of Colorado from 1956 to 1963.
Newton was born on August 3, 1911, in Denver, Colorado. His father was a successful businessman. He spent his childhood between Denver and New York City.
Newton was educated at the public schools in Denver, followed by Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He attended Yale University, graduating with an AB in 1933. This was followed by graduating from Yale Law School in 1936.
Newton was a legal assistant to William O. Douglas, commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In 1937, he began working Denver law firm of Lewis and Grant. He was a founding partner of Newton, Davis and Drinkwater in 1939. His partner, Richard Davis, was his Yale classmate and brother-in-law. The 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.
In 1937, Newton became a lecturer in law at the University of Denver. Newton served as a legal officer with the Navel Transport Command in the US Navy in the Second World War. After the war, he became the president of the board of trustees of the University of Denver.
In 1947, aged 35, he ran for the office of mayor and defeated the incumbent, Benjamin F. Stapleton, who first became mayor in 1923. Newton was reelected in 1951, but declined to run for a third term in 1955. While he was mayor, Newton oversaw the construction of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the Denver Coliseum, the Denver Botanic Gardens, the Valley Highway, and expansion of Stapleton Airport, and the downtown public library.
Newton served on the Republican National Committee. In 1950, he served as president of the National League of Cities.
Towards the end of his mayoralty, he unsuccessfully ran to become the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1954.
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J. Quigg Newton
James Quigg Newton Jr. (August 3, 1911 – April 4, 2003) was an American lawyer, academic administrator, and politician. He served as the mayor of Denver, Colorado from 1947 to 1955. He was president of the University of Colorado from 1956 to 1963.
Newton was born on August 3, 1911, in Denver, Colorado. His father was a successful businessman. He spent his childhood between Denver and New York City.
Newton was educated at the public schools in Denver, followed by Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He attended Yale University, graduating with an AB in 1933. This was followed by graduating from Yale Law School in 1936.
Newton was a legal assistant to William O. Douglas, commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. In 1937, he began working Denver law firm of Lewis and Grant. He was a founding partner of Newton, Davis and Drinkwater in 1939. His partner, Richard Davis, was his Yale classmate and brother-in-law. The 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.
In 1937, Newton became a lecturer in law at the University of Denver. Newton served as a legal officer with the Navel Transport Command in the US Navy in the Second World War. After the war, he became the president of the board of trustees of the University of Denver.
In 1947, aged 35, he ran for the office of mayor and defeated the incumbent, Benjamin F. Stapleton, who first became mayor in 1923. Newton was reelected in 1951, but declined to run for a third term in 1955. While he was mayor, Newton oversaw the construction of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the Denver Coliseum, the Denver Botanic Gardens, the Valley Highway, and expansion of Stapleton Airport, and the downtown public library.
Newton served on the Republican National Committee. In 1950, he served as president of the National League of Cities.
Towards the end of his mayoralty, he unsuccessfully ran to become the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1954.