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Haywood S. Newman

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"Haywood S. Newman," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whitehouseworkers.org/Detail/workers/991.
Position
Garage Staff
Years in President's House
circa 1944
Gender
Male
Race/Ethnicity
White
Presidency
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Biography
Haywood Simpson Newman was born on January 3, 1894, in Virginia.1 He served in World War I and World War II; during the latter, he had attained the rank of master sergeant and served as a U.S. Army chauffeur.2 For at least part of his World War II service, he was assigned to the White House Garage, as he appears on the 1944 White House staff roster.3 Further details about his work there are limited. Outside of his Army career he was an active Free Mason. He passed away on May 26, 1958, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.4
  1. Haywood S Newman, 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia; Roll: m-t0627-00557; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 1-131, Ancestry.com; “Haywood Simpson Newman,” Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49296387/haywood-simpson-newman.
  2. Ibid.
  3. "Roster of White House Employees, Revised, April 1, 1944," Folder: Investigative Case Files, 1934-1945, Records of the United States Secret Service, 1933-1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, New York. 
  4. “Newman, M/SERGT. Haywood Simpson (retired),” Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), May 28, 1958, pg. 40.
Birthplace
Virginia, USA
Burial Place
Arlington National Cemetery
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