Gustavus A. Northcott

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|name = G. A. Northcott

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|office = President of the Senate of West Virginia

|term_start = 1905

|term_end = 1907

|predecessor = Clark W. May

|successor =Joseph H. McDermott

|office2 = Member of the West Virginia Senate

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|birth_name=Gustavus Augustus Northcott

|birth_date = {{birth date|1861|4|4}}

|birth_place = Murfreesboro, Tennessee

|death_date ={{Death date and age|1938|12|8|1861|4|4}}

|death_place =Huntington, West Virginia

|party = Republican

|spouse = Mamie S. Wilson
m. 5 Jun 1888

|children =

|residence = Huntington, West Virginia

|alma_mater =

|profession =merchant

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Gustavus Augustus Northcott (April 4, 1861 – December 8, 1938) was the Republican President of the West Virginia Senate from Cabell County and served from 1905 to 1907. He was the brother of Elliott Northcott, a federal judge."G. A. Nortcott Succumbs at 77", Charleston Daily Mail, Thursday, December 08, 1938, Charleston, West Virginia, United States Of America

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Category:Presidents of the West Virginia Senate

Category:West Virginia state senators

Category:1861 births

Category:1938 deaths

Category:20th-century members of the West Virginia Legislature

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