William C. Newland

William Calhoun "Will" Newland

11th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina
In office January 12, 1909 – January 15, 1913
Governor	W. W. Kitchin
Preceded by	Francis D. Winston
Succeeded by	Elijah L. Daughtridge
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office 1903–1904
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office 1889–1890
Member of the North Carolina Senate
In office 1881–1882
Mayor of Lenoir, North Carolina
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Nickname(s)	Will

William Calhoun "Will" Newland (1860–1938^[1]) was an attorney who served a term as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina (1909–1913).

A Democrat, Newland had previously served as mayor of his hometown, Lenoir, North Carolina, and was elected to terms in the North Carolina Senate (1881–1882) and in the North Carolina House of Representatives (1889–1890, 1903–1904).^[2] While in the General Assembly, Newland introduced and sponsored the bill that established Appalachian State University.^[3] In 1904, Newland lost a close race for Congress to E. Spencer Blackburn.^[4]

The town of Newland, North Carolina was named after him as part of a political deal to secure his aid in passage of the bill that established Avery County in 1911. Newland is the seat of Avery County.

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Political offices
Preceded by Francis D. Winston	Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina 1909–1913	Succeeded by Elijah L. Daughtridge

Governors and Lieutenant Governors of North Carolina

Governors	Caswell Nash Burke A. Martin Caswell Johnston A. Martin Spaight Ashe Davie Williams Turner Alexander Williams Stone Smith Hawkins Miller Branch Franklin Holmes Burton Iredell Owen Stokes Swain Spaight Jr. Dudley Morehead Graham Manly Reid Winslow Bragg Ellis Clark Vance Holden Worth Holden Caldwell Brogden Vance Jarvis Scales Fowle Holt Carr Russell Aycock Glenn Kitchin Craig Bickett Morrison McLean Gardner Ehringhaus Hoey Broughton Cherry W. K. Scott Umstead Hodges Sanford Moore R. W. Scott Holshouser Hunt J. Martin Hunt Easley Perdue McCrory

Lieutenant Governors	Caldwell Brogden Jarvis Robinson Stedman Holt Doughton Reynolds Turner Winston Newland Daughtridge O. Gardner Cooper Long Fountain Graham Horton Harris Ballentine Taylor, Sr. Hodges Barnhardt Philpott Scott Taylor, Jr. Hunt Green Jordan J. Gardner Wicker Perdue Dalton Forest

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