Robert Doolittle "Doc" Newton (September 10, 1911 - July 14, 1984) was a prominent American politician and lawyer from Georgia, best known for his time as a Senator from 1951 until his death in 1984. He served as the extremely powerful Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1965 until 1973, when he was elevated to Senate Majority Leader in a conservative revolt amongst the Democrats. However, he was unable to avoid infighting between the conservative and liberal wings of the party and was embarrassed when the Democrats failed to take any seats in 1974 from the Nationalists, and the humiliation of the defeat after his bombastic rhetoric in the months leading up to the election along with his narrow victory over a well-funded Nationalist in his own state eventually forced him to step