Will E. Neal

William Elmer Neal (October 14, 1875 - November 12, 1959) was a U.S. Representative from West 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 from National Normal University, Lebanon, Ohio, in 1900 and received a medical degree from the University 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 from February 17, 1955, to June 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.

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