- Neil J. Linehan
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Neil Joseph Linehan (September 23, 1895 - August 23, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Linehan attended the public schools. He was graduated from John L. Marsh School in 1913. He engaged in electrical business since 1919. During World War I he served in France with the 340th Infantry, 85th Division, United States Army.
Linehan was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1951). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress and for election in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress. He was Director of Price Stabilization, Chicago district, 1951. He resumed the electrical engineering business. He died in Chicago, and was interred in St. Mary Cemetery.
References
- Neil J. Linehan at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-01-21
United States House of Representatives Preceded by
Fred E. BusbeyMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 3rd congressional district
1949-1951Succeeded by
Fred E. BusbeyThis article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.Categories:- 1895 births
- 1967 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
- Politicians from Chicago, Illinois
- American military personnel of World War I
- United States Army soldiers
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