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|office = 48th [[United States Postmaster General]]
|president = [[Warren G. Harding]]<br />[[Calvin Coolidge]]
|term_start = March 4, 1923
|term_end = March 3, 1929
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|restingplace = [[Crown Hill Cemetery]]
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse = Katherine Virginia Milligan<br />Catherine McLean Brown
|children = 1
|relatives = [[John C. New]] (father)
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New got back into politics when he was elected to the [[United States Senate]] in 1916, defeating incumbent [[John W. Kern]]. In the Senate, he served as chairman of the Committee on Territories and the Committee on Territories and Insular Possessions. He was also a "wet" or an anti-[[Prohibition in the United States|prohibition]]ist, and in August 1919 introduced early legislation proposing an independent [[United States Air Force]].
In late March 1922, New became the first senator to use [[radio]] in his campaign—at that time, [[broadcasting]] a political speech was not widely done by candidates.<ref>"Will Campaign by Radio." ''Lexington KY Herald'', 30 March 1922, p. 1</ref> His speech was transmitted by a U.S. Navy station, [[NOF (radio station)|NOF]] in Washington, D.C., which immediately caused a complaint by Democrats about a government station being used for partisan purposes. This in turn quickly led to a ban on further use of the station for political activities.<ref>[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1922-04-09/ed-1/seq-9/ "Denby Bars Political Speeches From All Naval Radio Stations"], ''New York Tribune'', April 9, 1922, page 9.</ref>
New was defeated by [[Albert J. Beveridge]] for renomination in 1922 who lost the general election to [[Samuel M. Ralston]]. He was then appointed [[United States Postmaster General|Postmaster General]] in the [[United States Cabinet|cabinet]] of [[President of the United States|President]] [[Warren G. Harding]] in 1923 and was reappointed by [[Calvin Coolidge]] in 1925.
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