Background
Newhall, Thomas was born on October 17, 1876 in in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Daniel Smith and Eleanor (Mercer) Newhall.
Newhall, Thomas was born on October 17, 1876 in in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Daniel Smith and Eleanor (Mercer) Newhall.
Student Haverford (Pennsylvania) School, 1884-1893.
Began with Chester (Pennsylvania) Pipe & Tube Company, 1893. With John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, 1898. President Newhall & Company, Baltimore, 1900-1907.
Partner East. B. Smith & Company, Philadelphia, 1910-1920.
President Philadelphia & Western Railway, 1910-1922. Partner Drexel & Company, Philadelphia, 1922-1936, J. P. Morgan & Company (New York City), Morgan, Grenfell & Company (London), and Morgan & Cie (Paris), 1929-1936.
Financial vice president Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1937-1943. Director The Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Director Pennsylvania Company, 1938-1945.
Trustee Estate of H. H. Houston, Philadelphia Lieutenant commander United States Naval Reserve Force, World War I. With mining squadron, American Expeditionary Force.
Clubs: Philadelphia, Union League.
Married Honora Guest Blackwell, May 28, 1898. Children: Blackwell, Campbell, Charles Mercer.