Robert "Doc" Newell (March 30, 1807 – November 24, 1869) was an American politician and fur trapper in the Oregon Country.

The Newell House Museum, his reconstructed former home on the French Prairie in Champoeg, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[1] During his time as a mountain man, he became so skilled at basic surgery and healing, despite not having professional medical training, that he earned the nickname "Doctor" or "Doc" Newell that stayed with him the rest of his life.

Newell served in that body from 1843 until it was replaced with the Oregon Territorial Legislature in 1849, although he resigned during the final session.

[8] After the 1861 Willamette River flood, Newell moved to Lapwai, Idaho, where he worked as an interpreter and commissioner for the army outpost at that location from 1862 to 1868.

[1] In 1868, he went to Washington, D.C., along with several Indian chiefs, to attempt to amend some treaties between the United States and the Native American tribes.

[1] After his death, several Native American tribes granted him 5 acres (20,000 m2) of land in what is now Lewiston, with the deed dated June 9, 1871.

[1] A replica of Robert Newell's 1852 Gothic Revival house is in Champoeg State Heritage Area.