Newton A.K. Bugbee

Newton Albert Kendall Bugbee
Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee
In office 1913–1917
Personal details
Born	(1876-04-21)April 21, 1876 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died	June 1, 1965(1965-06-01) (aged 89) Trenton, New Jersey
Parents	Alvin Newton Bugbee Lucy Kendall Davis

Newton Albert Kendall Bugbee (April 21, 1876 – June 1965) was an American businessman and Republican Party politician who served as New Jersey State Comptroller and Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee. He was also the Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1919.

Bugbee was born on April 21, 1876 in Minneapolis, Minnesota to Alvin Newton Bugbee and Lucy Kendall Davis. He was raised in Templeton, Massachusetts and graduated from high school there. At an early age he went to work for the Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware, joining their engineering department and remaining there for two years. He then settled in Trenton, New Jersey, working as a draftsman for the New Jersey Steel and Iron Company, which was acquired by the American Bridge Company in 1900. He remained with this company until 1903, when he resigned and formed his own engineering and contracting firm, N.A.K. Bugbee and Company. The firm specialized in structural steel developments in buildings and bridges. He married Florence Hancock Toms on October 9, 1900.

As a young man newly arrived in Trenton, Bugbee played for the Trenton Basketball Team (1896-1897), now recognized as the first professional basketball team. They played their first game on November 7, 1896 against the Brooklyn YMCA, winning 16-1. Bugbee played "side center" and scored the first field goal.

Bugbee was active in Trenton civic life and New Jersey Republican politics. He became Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee in 1913 after the death of Frank Obadiah Briggs. In 1917, in the administration of Governor Walter Evans Edge, Bugbee was named State Comptroller, a position he would hold for twelve years.

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