Walter Cass Newberry (December 23, 1835 – July 20, 1912) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

He was promoted to lieutenant in 1861, captain in 1862, major of the Twenty-fourth Regiment, New York Cavalry, in 1863, lieutenant colonel and colonel in 1864, and was brevetted brigadier general March 31, 1865.

He moved to Richmond, Virginia in 1870, and was superintendent of public property for the state for four years.

[4] He died in Chicago on July 20, 1912, and was interred in Graceland Cemetery.

[5] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress