- Lawrence T. Neal
Lawrence Talbot Neal (
September 22 ,1844 -November 2 ,1905 ) was a U.S. Representative fromOhio .Born in
Parkersburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), Neal pursued classical studies.He moved toChillicothe, Ohio , in 1864.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice inChillicothe, Ohio , in 1867. City solicitor in 1867 and 1868.He declined to be a candidate for reelection.Neal was elected prosecuting attorney of
Ross County, Ohio , in 1870 and resigned in October 1872 to become a candidate for Congress.Neal was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (
March 4 ,1873 -March 3 ,1877 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress and for election in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress.He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the State senate in 1887.He resumed the practice of law.He served as delegate to theDemocratic National Convention s in 1888 and 1892.He was defeated byWilliam McKinley forGovernor of Ohio in 1893.He died inChillicothe, Ohio ,November 2 ,1905 .He was interred in Grand View Cemetery.ource
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