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From Elizabeth Stanley Newton Lusson's Daughters of the American Revolution Application:

". . . and he, the said Thomas Newton is the ancestor who assisted in establishing American Independence, while acting in the capacity of Colonel of Norfolk Co. Member of Constitutional Virgnia Convention 1776. First Home Delegate, April 1, 1771. Sons of Liberty, March 30, 1776. Committe Safety, July 14, 1775. Commissioner of Admiralty, July 5, 1776."
"His son, Colonel Thomas Newton of Norfolk, Virginia, born 1768, died 1847, was Colonel of the forces gathered for the defence of Norfolk during the War of 1812. He was three times elected to Congress; he was an eminent lawyer, a politician of note, a man of great ability and popularity--the friend and advisor of all the noted men of his day."
"His son, Major W. I. Newton, 2nd Dragoons U.S.A. was one of the three young officers selected from the Regular Army to be sent to Saumer, France, to learn the Cavalry Tactics. He served on the staff of General Armistead in the Seminole War, also served through the Mexican War, and was one of the few officers to enter the City of Mexico, and became a member of the Aztec Club, there formed. He remained in the Union Army during the Civil War."

From the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

NEWTON, Thomas, Jr., a Representative from Virginia; born in Norfolk, Va., November 21, 1768; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the Virginia bar and commenced practice in Norfolk; member of the Virginia State house of delegates 1796-1799; elected as a Republican to the Seventh Congress and reelected to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1829); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1804 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against John Pickering, judge of the United States District Court for New Hampshire; presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Twenty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1829, until March 9, 1830, when he was succeeded by George Loyall, who successfully contested the election; chairman, Committee on Commerce and Manufactures (Tenth through Fifteenth Congresses), Committee on Commerce (Sixteenth through Nineteenth Congresses); elected to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); was not a candidate for reelection in 1832 to the Twenty-third Congress; died in Norfolk, Va., on August 5, 1847; interment in St. Paul’s Churchyard.

Born in Norfolk, Virginia, November 21, 1768, son of Thomas Newton and Amy, his wife, daughter of John Hutchings; completed preparatory studies; studied law and was admitted to the bar; commenced practice in Norfolk; held several local offices; elected as a Republican to the seventh and to the thirteen succeeding congresses (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1829); presented credentials as member-elect to the twenty-first congress, but the election was successfully contested by George Loyall, who took the seat March 9, 1830; reelected to the twenty-second congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); died in Norfolk, Virginia, August 5, 1847.

Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume II
VII--House of Representatives

From Wikipedia--the free Encyclopedia

Thomas Newton, Jr. (November 21, 1768 – August 5, 1847) was an American politician. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia.

Newton was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1796 to 1799. He served as a Democratic-Republican in the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1801 to March 9, 1830, losing his seat when George Loyall contested his election. He regained his seat at the next election and served a final term from March 4, 1831 to March 3, 1833. In the bitterly contested 1824 presidential election, Newton was the only Virginia representative to support the Adams-Clay coalition.