South Carolina Legislature MobileRepresentative Wm. Weston J. Newton
District 120 (Beaufort & Jasper Counties)
Republican - Beaufort
Columbia Address
320A Blatt Bldg.
Columbia, 29201
Business Phone: (803) 212-6942
Home Address
83 Myrtle Island Rd.
Bluffton, 29910
Home Phone: (843) 706-3880
Business Phone: (843) 706-6111
Committee Assignments
Sponsored Bills
Voting Record
Service In Public Office
- Beaufort County Council, 1999 - 2012, Chairman, 2003 - 2012
Personal Information
- Attorney/Partner, Jones, Simpson and Newton, P.A.
- Residing at 83 Myrtle Island Road, Bluffton
- Born February 22, 1967 in Greenville
- Son of Jourdan J. Macfie and the late Howard Newton
- Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1989
- University of South Carolina, J.D., 1993
- April 25, 1998 married Rose R. Buyck, 3 children, Reedy, William, and Eliza Rose
- Order of Wig and Robe, University of South Carolina School of Law, 1993
- Law Clerk, Honorable John H. Waller, Jr., Assoc. Justice, South Carolina Supreme Court, Judge of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, 1993-94
- Law Clerk, Honorable C. Weston Houck, Chief United States District Judge, District of South Carolina, 1994-96
- 40 Under 40 Top Young Business Professionals in Savannah/Hilton Head, 2004
- Board member, Souh Carolina Association of Counties, 2005-10, 2nd Vice President, 2011, 1st Vice President, 2012
- Best of Bluffton Best Attorney Award, 2007
- University of South Carolina Board of Visitors, 2008-12
- Former Board member, Sunset Rotary Club
- Volunteers in Medicine
- Leadership Hilton Head/Bluffton
- Member, Beaufort County Bar Association
- Hilton Head Bar Association, Treasurer, 1997-98, Secretary, 1998-99, President, 1999-01
- Member, Church of the Cross, 1996