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Newton Steers (Newton Ivan Steers Jr.) was born on 13 January, 1917 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S., is an American politician (1917–1993). Discover Newton Steers's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

Popular As Newton Ivan Steers Jr.
Occupation Attorney, Politician
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 13 January 1917
Birthday 13 January
Birthplace Glen Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of death 11 February, 1993
Died Place Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Who Is Newton Steers's Wife?

His wife is Nina Gore Auchincloss (m. 1957-1974) Inge Gabriele Wirsich Irwin (m. 1978)

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Wife Nina Gore Auchincloss (m. 1957-1974) Inge Gabriele Wirsich Irwin (m. 1978)
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Children 3, including Hugh Auchincloss Steers and Burr Steers

Newton Steers Net Worth

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1917

Newton Ivan Steers Jr. (January 13, 1917 – February 11, 1993), was a U.S. Congressman who represented Maryland's 8th congressional district from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1979.

Newton Ivan Steers Jr. was born on January 13, 1917, in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, to Newton Steers Sr. and Claire L. Steers.

His father was president of the DuPont Film Manufacturing Corporation for seventeen years.

Steers was the youngest of five children born to his parents: Helen Steers, who married George Van Trump Burgess, Charlotte Steers, who married Paul Van Winkle, Mrs. W. Breckinridge De Riemer, and Margaret Steers, who married L. H. Brague Jr.

Steers attended the White Plains, New York, public schools.

1935

He graduated from the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut, in 1935, and received a B.A. from Yale University in 1939.

1941

During World War II, he served in United States Army Air Corps from 1941 to 1946.

1943

He obtained a Certificate of Advanced Meteorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1943, and his J.D. degree from the Yale Law School in 1948.

1948

After the war, he worked with GAF Corp. from 1948 to 1951, and the United States Atomic Energy Commission from 1951 to 1953.

1950

Steers was said to have made his fortune during the 1950s through investing in mutual funds, forming the Atomic Development Mutual Fund in 1953 with a group of friends.

The fund specialized in "securities of companies participating in activities resulting from the natural sciences."

1953

He also became president of several investment companies in New York from 1953 through 1965.

1957

In 1957, Steers married Nina Gore Auchincloss (born 1937), the daughter of Hugh D. Auchincloss (1897-1976) and Nina S. Gore (1903–1978).

Nina S. Gore had previously been married to Eugene Vidal, with whom she had one child, the writer Gore Vidal, Nina Gore Auchincloss's half-brother.

Hugh D. Auchincloss later married Janet Lee Bouvier, the mother of Jacqueline Kennedy, who became a stepsister to Nina Gore Auchincloss.

Kennedy was matron of honor at the wedding and then-Sen.

John F. Kennedy was one of the groomsmen.

Together, Steers and Nina Gore Auchincloss had three children:

1958

Steers was admitted to the New York bar (1958), and later to the District of Columbia bar (1967), and worked with the DuPont company from 1939 to 1941.

1962

In 1962, Steers entered politics and was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1962 to the 88th Congress.

1964

He served as Maryland Republican State chairman from 1964 to 1966.

He served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1964 and 1984.

1967

In 1967, Gov. Spiro T. Agnew appointed Steers the Maryland State insurance commissioner, a post he held until 1970.

1971

That year, Steers became Maryland Assistant Secretary of Licensing and Regulation and a member of the Maryland State Senate, serving from 1971 to 1977.

1974

Steers and Auchincloss were divorced in 1974.

1977

In 1976, Steers was elected as a Republican to the 95th Congress over Democrat Lanny Davis and independent Robin Ficker, serving from January 3, 1977, until January 3, 1979.

1978

He ran for reelection in 1978 to the 96th Congress and lost to Democrat Michael D. Barnes, and unsuccessfully challenged Barnes in 1980.

In 1978, he married Inge Gabriele (née Wirsich) Irwin, to whom he remained married until his death.

Inge had a son, Kristof Andreas Irwin, from a previous marriage who became Steers's stepson.

1982

He was also an unsuccessful candidate for election as Lieutenant Governor of Maryland in 1982, losing to Democrat J. Joseph Curran, Jr. Steers was a resident of Bethesda, Maryland, until his death there in 1993.

1993

Steers died on February 11, 1993, at his home in Bethesda, Maryland after a long battle with cancer.