Robert Newell (politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Newell (politician)

American politician and fur trapper

Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1807

Place of Birth: Zanesville, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: politician, explorer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Robert "Doc" Newell (March 30, 1807 – November 24, 1869), was an American politician and fur trapper in the Oregon Country.
He was a frontier doctor in what would become the U.S.
state of Oregon.
A native of Ohio, he served in the Provisional Government of Oregon and later was a member of the Oregon State Legislature.
The Newell House Museum, his reconstructed former home on the French Prairie in Champoeg, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.