Newton W. Gilbert

Newton Whiting Gilbert
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Indiana's 12th district
In office
March 4, 1905 – November 6, 1906
Preceded byJames M. Robinson
Succeeded byClarence C. Gilhams
7th Philippine Secretary of Public Instruction
In office
March 1, 1909 – December 1, 1913
Appointed byWilliam Cameron Forbes
Preceded byWilliam Morgan Shuster
Succeeded byHenderson S. Martin
Acting Governor-General of the Philippines
In office
September 1, 1913 – October 6, 1913
Preceded byWilliam Cameron Forbes
Succeeded byFrancis Burton Harrison
Vice Governor-General of the Philippines
In office
February 14, 1910 – November 30, 1913
Preceded byWilliam Cameron Forbes
Succeeded byHenderson S. Martin
25th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
In office
January 11, 1901 – January 14, 1905
GovernorWinfield T. Durbin
Preceded byWilliam S. Haggard
Succeeded byHugh Thomas Miller
Member of the Indiana Senate
In office
1896-1900
Personal details
BornMay 24, 1862
Worthington, Ohio, U.S.
DiedJuly 5, 1939 (aged 77)
Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Resting placeCircle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Indiana
Political partyRepublican

Newton Whiting Gilbert (May 24, 1862 – July 5, 1939) was an American politician from Indiana. He was member of the Indiana State Senate from 1896 to 1900, Lieutenant Governor of Indiana from 1900 to 1904, and elected Republican to the 59th Congress from 1905 to 1906.

He then left for the Philippines and served eleven years in islands. In 1908, he was appointed member of the Philippine Commission and Chairman of the Board of Regents of the newly-established University of the Philippines. He was also appointed as the Philippine Secretary of Public Instruction. He then became Vice Governor-General of the Philippines from 1910 to 1913 and acting Governor-General in 1913.

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