Background
Gilbert, Newton Whiting was born on May 24, 1862 in Worthington, Ohio, United States. Son of Theodore R. and Ellen L. Gilbert.
Gilbert, Newton Whiting was born on May 24, 1862 in Worthington, Ohio, United States. Son of Theodore R. and Ellen L. Gilbert.
Educated Ohio State University (non-graduate). Admitted to bar, 1885. Doctor of Laws, Iowa Wesleyan and University of Philippines, 1913.
1 daughter, Viola. Practiced at Angola, Indiana. Member Indiana Senate, 1896-1900. Lieutenant governor of Indiana, 1900-1904.
Member 59th Congress (1905-1907), 12th Indiana District. Captain Company H, 157th Indiana Vol. Infantry, May-November 1898.
Judge Court of 1st Instance, Manila, P.I., 1906-1908. Member Philippine Commission, 1908-1909. Appointed secretary public instruction of P.I., 1909, and v. governor, 1909-1913 (acting governor general 1912-1913).
Delegate Republican National Convention, 1916. In New York, since 1916. President board regents Philippine U., 1908-1913.
Fellow Royal Geography Society, London.
Married Martha Edna Berge, August 8, 1906.