San Francisco in connection with W. W. Dodge. The firm in 1878 was composed of Newton Booth, C. T. Wheeler, Joseph Terry Glover and W. W. Dodge. Newton Booth made his fortune as a saloon keeper. Terre Haute He returned to Terre Haute in 1856 and engaged in the practice of law with future U.S. Congressman Harvey D. Scott. In the summer of 1857 Booth traveled through Europe. California In 1860, he returned to Sacramento, campaigned for Abraham Lincoln for president, and returned to the wholesale mercantile business. In 1862, he was on Leland Stanford's (1824-1893) gubernatorial inauguration ball general committee. In 1862, Booth was elected to the California State Senate, serving in 1863. From 1863 to 1866 Booth was a resident of San Francisco. From 1867 to 1892, Booth lived in Sacramento, on Front Street, between J and K streets. In the 1871 California gubernatorial election, Booth became the eleventh governor of California, from December 8, 1871, to February 27, 1875. Booth openly sought black support. Booth was later elected to the United States Senate, resigning his governorship. U.S. Senate In 1873, Booth helped to organize the Dolly Vardens political party, and with their support he was elected as an Anti-Monopoly Party member, serving as a Senator from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1881. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1880. During his time in the Senate, he served as chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Manufacturers and the U.S. Senate Committee on Patents, both during the 45th Congress. In 1876, the Greenback Party nominated him for Vice President of the United States on the ticket with Peter Cooper. However, Booth declined the nomination and Samuel F. Cary replaced him. As of 2021, Booth remains the only senator from California who served as a member of a third party. California After serving in Congress, he returned to his wholesale mercantile business in Sacramento. Personal life He married the widow of Joseph Terry Glover, his business partner, Octavine C. Glover (1833-1907) on 9 February 1892, in Sacramento, where he died, in July 1892. His wife, Octavine C. Booth (1833-1907), Glover’s mother-in-law, Eliza Payne (1810-1873); his sister-in-law, Julia E. Dunn (1839-1923); and his brother-in-law, William Henry Payne (1848-1919); are interred in the Newton Booth plot in Sacramento Historic City Cemetery. He was the uncle of author Booth Tarkington, son of his sister Elizabeth Booth, who was raised