Irv Newhouse

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Irv Newhouse | image = Representative Irving Newhouse, 1967.jpg | caption = Newhouse in 1967 | image_size = 180px | office = Minority Leader of the Washington House of Representatives | term_start = January 13, 1975 | term_end = January 10, 1977 | predecessor = Thomas A. Swayze Jr. | successor = Duane Berentson | state_senate1 = Washington | district1 = 15th | term_start1 = December 9, 1980 | term_end1 = January 11, 1999 | predecessor1 = Sid Morrison | successor1 = Jim Honeyford | state_house2 = Washington | district2 = 15th | term_start2 = January 11, 1965 | term_end2 = December 9, 1980 | predecessor2 = Cecil C. Clark | successor2 = Lyle J. Dickie | birth_name = Irving Ralph Newhouse | birth_date = {{birth date|1920|10|16}} | birth_place = Sunnyside, Washington, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|3|29|1920|10|16}} | death_place = Sunnyside, Washington, U.S. | party = Republican | occupation = Farmer | spouse = Ruth Newhouse | children = 6, including Dan | relations = | alma_mater = }} [[File:Irv Newhouse Building 01.jpg|thumb|One of the Washington State Senate office buildings was renamed the Irv Newhouse Building in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=IRVING NEWHOUSE: Longtime legislator dies|url=https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/2001/03-31/0026_irving_newhouse__longtime_legisla.html|date=2001-03-31|publisher=Kitsap Sun|accessdate=2020-05-10}}</ref>]] '''Irving Ralph Newhouse''' (October 16, 1920 – March 29, 2001) was an American farmer and politician in the state of Washington. He served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1965 to 1980 and in the Senate from 1980 to 1999.<ref>{{cite web |title=State of Washington Members of the Legislature, 1889 {{endash}} 2011 |url=https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2011.pdf |publisher=Washington State Legislature |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420082957/https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2011.pdf |archive-date=2022-04-20 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pictorial Directory, Forty-First Session, Washing State Legislature |url=https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/Pictorial_Phone/41stSession1969opt.pdf |publisher=Washington State Legislature |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125155126/https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/Pictorial_Phone/41stSession1969opt.pdf |archive-date=2022-01-25 |date=1969 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Longtime state legislator Irv Newhouse dies at age 80 {{!}} The Seattle Times|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20010331&slug=newhouse31m|access-date=2021-04-21|website=archive.seattletimes.com}}</ref> He was the father of Dan Newhouse, who is currently the U.S. representative for {{ushr|wa|4}}.

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