- Will E. Neal
William Elmer Neal (
October 14 ,1875 -November 12 ,1959 ) was a U.S. Representative fromWest Virginia .Born on a farm near
Proctorville, Ohio , Neal attended the public schools.He graduated from Proctorville High School in 1894.He taught school in Ohio and Kentucky for six years.He graduated fromNational Normal University ,Lebanon, Ohio , in 1900 and received a medical degree from theUniversity of Cincinnati in 1906.He commenced the general practice of medicine in Huntington, W.Virginia, in 1907.He served as mayor of Huntington 1925-1928.He served as member of Huntington Park Board 1931-1952, and West Virginia Public Health Council 1936-1940.He served as member of West Virginia house of delegates in 1951 and 1952.Neal was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third Congress (
January 3 ,1953 -January 3 ,1955 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress.He served as medical consultant to Foreign Operations Administration in Afghanistan fromFebruary 17 ,1955 , toJune 20 ,1955 .Neal was elected to the Eighty-fifth Congress (
January 3 ,1957 -January 3 ,1959 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress.He died in Huntington, W.Virginia,November 12 ,1959 .He was interred in Spring Hill Cemetery.ource
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