Clergyman; born in New York, Sept. 1, 1826; was educated at Cazenovia Seminary; entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1849; travelled in
Europe,
Palestine, and
Egypt in 1860-61; and, returning to the
United States, had charges at
Hamilton, N. Y.,
Albany, N. Y., and New York City.
In 1864-69 he organized three annual conferences in the
South, two colleges, and a religious paper; and in the latter year founded and was made the first pastor of the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church in
Washington.
D. C.; was chaplain of the United States Senate in 1869-74; inspector of
United States consulates in
Asia in 1874-76; and again pastor of the Metropolitan Church,
Washington, in 1876-79.
In 1879-88 he held pastorates in New York and
Washington.
Dr. Newman attended
Gen. U. S. Grant in his last illness.
In 1888 he was elected a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He was author of
From, Dan to Beersheba;
Thrones and palaces of Babylon and Nineveh;
America for Americans;
And the supremacy of law.
He died in
Saratoga, N. Y., July 5, 1899.