William Edwin Minshall Jr.

William Edwin Minshall Jr.


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 23rd district
In office January 3, 1955 – December 31, 1974
Preceded by	George H. Bender
Succeeded by	Ronald M. Mottl
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office 1939–1940
Personal details
Born	(1911-10-24)October 24, 1911 East Cleveland, Ohio
Died	October 15, 1990(1990-10-15) (aged 78) Delray Beach, Florida
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	University of Virginia Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

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William Edwin Minshall Jr. (October 24, 1911 – October 15, 1990) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.

William E. Minshall Jr. was born in East Cleveland, Ohio. He attended the public schools of East Cleveland, the University School in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. He graduated from the Cleveland Law School in 1940, was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1939 and 1940. He enlisted in December 1940 as a private in the United States Army and served in the European Theater, G-2 section, Headquarters III Corps, and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel in March 1946. He was awarded a Bronze Star. He was special assistant attorney general of Ohio from 1948 to 1952 and general counsel for the Maritime Administration of Washington, D.C., in 1953 and 1954.

Minshall was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fourth Congress and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation December 31, 1974. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. He was a resident of Delray Beach, Florida, until his death on October 15, 1990.

References

United States Congress. "William Edwin Minshall Jr. (id: M000799)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-01-29
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Preceded by George H. Bender	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 23rd congressional district 1955-1974	Succeeded by Ronald M. Mottl

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 23rd, 24th, at-large, and the Northwest Territory's congressional districts

Ohio 23	George H. Bender (1953–1954) William Edwin Minshall Jr. (1955–1974) Ronald M. Mottl (1975–1983)

Ohio 24	Buz Lukens (1967–1971) Walter E. Powell (1971–1973)

Ohio At-large	Jeremiah Morrow (1803–1813) Robert Crosser (1913–1915) Charles V. Truax (1933–1935) Stephen M. Young (1933–1937) Daniel S. Earhart (1936–1937) John McSweeney (1937–1939) Harold G. Mosier (1937–1939) George H. Bender (1939–1949) L. L. Marshall (1939–1941) Stephen M. Young (1941–1943) Stephen M. Young (1949–1951) George H. Bender (1951–1953) Robert Taft Jr. (1963–1965) Robert E. Sweeney (1965–1967)

Northwest Territory At-large	William Henry Harrison (1799–1800) William McMillan (1800–1801) Paul Fearing (1801–1803)

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