Editing Newton, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Newton, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Newton include:

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* [[Danny Baugher]] (born 1984), punter who played in the NFL for the [[Oakland Raiders]]<ref>[http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/player/danny-baugher/425399 Danny Baugher], [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]]. Accessed February 5, 2011.</ref>
* [[Susanna Bokoyni]] (1879–1984), circus performer and oldest living little person on record<ref>{{cite book|title=Weird NJ Your Travel Guide to New Jerseys Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets|year=2004|publisher=Barnes and Noble|isbn=0-7607-3979-X|pages=120}}</ref>
* [[Will Bradley]] (1912–1989), trombonist<ref>[[Scott Yanow|Yanow, Scott]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ntabwaEh2uQC&pg=PA22 ''Swing''], p. 22. Hal Leonard Corporation, 2000. {{ISBN|0-87930-600-9}}. Accessed November 13, 2015.</ref>
* [[Johnny Budd]] (1899–1963), football player in the early NFL for the [[Frankford Yellow Jackets]] and the [[Pottsville Maroons]]<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BuddJo20.htm Johnny Budd], Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed February 5, 2011.</ref>
* [[Alex Cable]], optical engineer, inventor and entrepreneur, who is the founder of optical equipment manufacturer [[Thorlabs]]<ref>Stevens, Kathy. [https://www.njherald.com/article/20101004/NEWS/909019978 "Thorlabs breaks ground in Newton"], ''[[New Jersey Herald]]'', October 4, 2010. Accessed January 27, 2021. "For Cable, now a resident of Newton, Friday’s groundbreaking also included a look back at his roots at Bell Labs."</ref>
* [[Henry J. B. Cummings]] (1831–1909), member of the United States Congress who represented [[Iowa's 7th congressional district]]<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000986 Henry Johnson Brodhead Cummings], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed February 5, 2011.</ref>
* [[Newman E. Drake]] (1860–1930), founder of [[Drake's Cakes|Drake's]] bakery<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1930/03/20/archives/newman-e-drake-dies-after-operation-founder-of-bakery-concern.html "Newman E. Drake Dies After Operation; Founder of Bakery Concern Bearing Family Name&mdash;Spent Youth on Farm."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 20, 1930. Accessed February 5, 2011. "Funeral services will be held at 3:15 PM on Saturday at his late home, 27 Inwood Avenue, Newton, N.J."</ref>
* [[Jeff Fogelson]] (1947–2018), athletic director at [[Seton Hall University]] from 1998 to 2006<ref>Perry, Michael. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/101945437/ "Fogelson AD candidate at 'Nova"], ''[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]'', July 9, 1993. Accessed June 28, 2018. "A native of Newton, N.J., he graduated from Lafayette College in Easton, Pa., and worked nine years at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., before coming to Xavier."</ref>
* [[Janeane Garofalo]] (born 1964), actress and comedian<ref>Longsdorf, Amy. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mcall/access/16668737.html?dids=16668737:16668737&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+04%2C+1997&author=AMY+LONGSDORF+(A+free-lance+story+for+The+Morning+Call)&pub=Morning+Call&desc=SPOTLIGHT+ON+JANEANE+GAROFALO+ROMANTIC+COMEDY+STAR+STILL+DOESN'T+FEEL+LIKE+`THE+PRETTY+GIRL'&pqatl=google "Spotlight On Janeane Garofalo Romantic Comedy Star Still Doesn't Feel Like 'The Pretty Girl'"]{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, ''[[The Morning Call]]'', October 4, 1997. Accessed February 5, 2011. "Born in Newton, NJ, Garofalo's taste in comedy has always run to neurotic funnymen such as Woody Allen and Albert Brooks."</ref>
* [[John W. Griggs]] (1849–1927), 27th [[Governor of New Jersey]] who later served as [[United States Attorney General]]<ref>[https://www.nga.org/governor/john-william-griggs/ Gov. John William Griggs], [[National Governors Association]]. Accessed November 11, 2018. "John W. Griggs, the thirty-sixth governor of New Jersey, was born in Newton, New Jersey on July 10, 1849."</ref>
* [[Robert Hamilton (congressman)|Robert Hamilton]] (1809–1878), represented {{ushr|New Jersey|4}} in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1873 to 1877<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000117 Robert Hamilton], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed September 3, 2007.</ref>
* [[James Howard (soldier)|James Howard]] (died 1879), soldier who was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] in 1865 for his actions in the [[American Civil War]]<ref>[https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/james-howard James Howard], [[Congressional Medal of Honor Society of the United States of America]]. Accessed January 2, 2022. "Born: Newton, Sussex County, NJ, United States"</ref>
* [[Ardolph L. Kline]] (1858–1930), represented Brooklyn in the United States House of Representatives from Brooklyn in 1921–1923 and served in 1913 as acting [[Mayor of New York City]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1930/10/14/archives/exmayor-kline-dies-at-age-of-72-citys-chief-executive-a-few-months.html "Ex-Mayor Kline Dies At Age Of 72; City's Chief Executive a Few Months Upon Death of Mayor Gaynor in 1913. Once Head Of Aldermen A Brigadier General in the National Guard&mdash;Was With U.S. Shipping Board at His Death. Joined National Guard in 1876. Praised by Gaynor."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 14, 1930. Accessed October 25, 2013.</ref>
* [[Leonard LaRue]] (1914–2001), captain of the [[SS Meredith Victory|SS ''Meredith Victory'']] who was involved in the largest humanitarian rescue operation by a single ship in human history<ref>[[Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942)|Goldstein, Richard]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/20/us/leonard-larue-rescuer-in-the-korean-war-dies-at-87.html "Leonard LaRue, Rescuer in the Korean War, Dies at 87"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 20, 2001. Accessed June 28, 2012. "Brother Marinus Leonard LaRue, who as a merchant marine captain in the Korean War evacuated 14,000 refugees from a besieged North Korean port, died on Sunday at St. Paul's Abbey in Newton, N.J.... In 1954, he left the sea to join the Benedictines at St. Paul's Abbey, where he lived until his death."</ref>
* [[Bruce Lawrence]] (born 1941), Professor of Religion at [[Duke University]]<ref>[http://duke.academia.edu/BruceLawrence/CurriculumVitae Curriculum Vitae of Bruce Bennett Lawrence], [[Duke University]]. Accessed July 14, 2020. "Born: August 14, 1941 in Newton, N.J."</ref>
* [[Mary Tuthill Lindheim]] (1912–2004), sculptor<ref>Staff. [http://www.marinscope.com/twin_cities_times/news/article_97ade785-8812-5b9f-bafb-635303740fc9.html "Book details Sausalito artist's life"], ''Twin Cities Times'', November 24, 2010. Accessed October 25, 2013. "Born in Newton, N.J., and raised in Tucson, Ariz., Tuthill arrived in California in 1928."</ref>
* [[Robert H. McCarter]] (1859–1948), [[New Jersey Attorney General]] from 1903 to 1909<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/oag/oag/ag_1903-1908_mccarter_bio.htm Robert H. McCarter: Attorney General 1903-1908], [[New Jersey Department of Law & Public Safety]]. Accessed February 5, 2011.</ref><ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1941/05/31/archives/r-hiiicarter-dies-lair-since-t882j-axorney-general-of-jersey-0308.html "R. H. M'Carter Dies; Lawyer Since 1882; Attorney General of Jersey, '03-08, Leading Corporation Counsel. Dies in Rumson Had Hall-Mills Defense Former President of State Bar Aided Elections Inquiry in Hudson County in 1938"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 31, 1941. Accessed August 1, 2018. "Born in Newton, N. J., Mr. McCarter was the son of Thomas N. McCarter and Mary Louise Haggerty McCarter."</ref>
* [[Alison Littell McHose]] (born 1965), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 2003 to 2015, where she represented the [[New Jersey's 24th legislative district|24th Legislative District]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=zJrtBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA277 ''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 2004 Edition''], p. 277. Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC, 2004. {{ISBN|9781577411871}}. Accessed December 20, 2021. "Assemblywoman McHose was born May 24, 1965, in Newton."</ref>
* [[Henry W. Merriam]] (1828–1900), shoe manufacturer<ref>[http://www.sussex.nj.us/Cit-e-Access/webpage.cfm?TID=7&TPID=7982 Henry W. Merriam (1828-1900)], [[Sussex County, New Jersey]]. Accessed September 10, 2015. "Merriam's Home, built in 1883, is an example of 'exuberant Victorian architecture. Upon his death in 1900, the home was bequeathed to the Presbyterian Church for the housing of retired ministers.'"</ref>
* [[Andrew Napolitano]] (born 1950), former [[New Jersey Superior Court]] [[judge]], syndicated columnist, and a senior judicial analyst for [[Fox News]]. He owns a [[maple syrup]] [[farm]] in Newton<ref>{{cite news|title=Sussex County maple syrup available |url=http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2008/03/31/advertiser_news/news/37.txt  |newspaper=The Advertiser-News |date=March 27, 2008 |agency=Straus Newspapers |quote="We collected 800 gallons of sap from our sugar maples and had it boiled down to 24 gallons of delicious, pure maple syrup that area residents can sample from the local shops that have agreed to carry our glass-jarred, locally made syrup," said FoxNews commentator Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, proprietor of Vine Hill Farm. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305051436/http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2008/03/31/advertiser_news/news/37.txt |archive-date=March 5, 2012  }}</ref>
* [[Rodman M. Price]] (1816–1894), represented {{ushr|New Jersey|5}} in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1851 to 1853, and served as the [[List of Governors of New Jersey|17th]] [[Governor of New Jersey]], from 1854 to 1857<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000529 Rodman McCamley Price], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed September 24, 2007.</ref>
* [[Andrew J. Rogers]] (1828–1900), represented {{ushr|New Jersey|4}} in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1863 to 1867<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000387 Andrew Jackson Rogers], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed September 2, 2007.</ref>
* [[Chaz Stevens]] (born 1964), political activist and entrepreneur<ref name=Timeline>{{cite web |last1=Stevens |first1=Chaz |title=Timeline of Chaz Stevens |url=https://mountjab.org/chaz-stevens/ |website=Mount Jab, The Church of Mars (tm) |access-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423211243/https://mountjab.org/chaz-stevens/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 23, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Red Strader]] (1902–1956), football player and coach<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1950/01/06/archives/strader-is-named-coach-of-bulldogs-strader-signs-to-pilot-the.html "Strader Is Named Coach Of Bulldogs"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 6, 1950. Accessed June 28, 2012. "He was born at Newton, N. J., on Dec. 21, 1904."</ref>
* [[Matt Valenti]] (born 1984), two-time national champion wrestler for the [[Penn Quakers|University of Pennsylvania]] who won the 133 pound weight class at the NCAA tournament in both 2006 and 2007<ref>Staff. [http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=43594&SPID=3876&DB_OEM_ID=9600&ATCLID=1148307 "Matt Valenti Added to Columbia Wrestling Coaching Staff"], [[Columbia University]], August 17, 2007. Accessed February 5, 2011. "A three-time All-Ivy League first team selection, the native of Newton, N.J. earned the Fletcher Award for most team points in a career at EIWA's."</ref>
* [[Jenny Owen Youngs]] (born 1981), singer-songwriter<ref>Derogatis, Katie (February 13, 2007). "Girl with guitar soundtracks 'Weeds'", ''Washington Square News'' (New York University).</ref>
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