Newton Cloud (November 29, 1804 – July 22, 1877) was an American politician and Methodist minister. Cloud was born in

Stokes County, North Carolina Stokes County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,520. Its county seat is Danbury. Stokes County is included in the Winston-Salem, N.C., Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is ...

. He moved to

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with his parents. In 1828, he moved to

Morgan County, Illinois Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 35,547. Its county seat is Jacksonville. Morgan County is part of the Jacksonville, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which ...

and settled in

Waverly, Illinois Waverly, founded in 1836, is the second largest city in Morgan County, Illinois, Morgan County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,307 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jacksonville, Illinois, Jacksonville Jacksonville, Illinois micr ...

. Cloud served as a Methodist minister and was a farmer. He served in the

Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...

from 1830 to 1832, from 1834 to 1836, from 1836 to 1840, from 1842 to 1844, from 1846 to 1848, and from 1871 to 1873. He served as speaker of the house from 1846 to 1848. Cloud served as chief clerk of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1844 to 1846. Cloud also served in the Illinois Constitutional Convention of 1847 and was the president of the convention. Cloud served in the

Illinois Senate The Illinois Senate is the Upper house, upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the U.S. state, State of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adop ...

from 1849 to 1852. Cloud was a

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. He died at his home in Waverly, Illinois.'Illinois Blue Book 1921-1922,' "Former Chief Clerks of the Illinois House of Representatives," B.H. McCann, Clerk of the Illinois House of Representatives, New Cloud-1844-1846, pg. 595

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* 1804 births 1877 deaths People from Morgan County, Illinois People from Stokes County, North Carolina American Methodist clergy Farmers from Illinois Democratic Party Illinois state senators Speakers of the Illinois House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives 19th-century American politicians 19th-century Methodists 19th-century American clergy {{Illinois-Ilrepresentative-stub