William Truslow Newman (June 23, 1843 – February 14, 1920) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
William Truslow Newman
Georgia Northern District Court
Born 1843 in near Knoxville, TN
Died 1920 in Atlanta, GA
FJC ID: 1757
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year
Georgia Northern District Court · 1887–1920
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia1866–1871, 1883–1886
- Atlanta, GeorgiaCity attorney · 1871–1883
- Confederate Army first lieutenant1861–1865
Appointments
1887–1920 · Appointed by Grover Cleveland (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1866