Joshua G. Newbold was the tenth Governor of Iowa.

Early life

Newbold grew up in a Quaker family in Pennsylvania. Later he became a Baptist

Baptist

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. He moved to Iowa in 1854, where he was a farmer.

Civil war service

He joined the Union Army

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 in 1862 as captain of Company C, 25th Regiment of the Iowa Infantry, and fought at the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou

Battle of Chickasaw Bayou

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, the Battle of Fort Hindman

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, the Third Battle of Chattanooga, the Battle of Ringgold Gap

Battle of Ringgold Gap

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, the Atlanta Campaign

Atlanta Campaign

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, and Sherman's March to the Sea

Sherman's March to the Sea

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Postbellum

Newbold served in the Iowa House of Representatives

Iowa House of Representatives

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 from 1872-76. He was elected the 11th Lieutenant Governor

Lieutenant Governor of Iowa

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 as a Republican

Republican Party of Iowa

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 in 1876, and succeeded to the governorship when Samuel J. Kirkwood

Samuel J. Kirkwood

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 resigned to take a seat in the United States Senate

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From 1899-1903, Newbold was mayor of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, where he died and was buried in the Forest Home cemetery in 1903.