William Edwin Minshall Jr.

William Edwin Minshall Jr.
William Edwin Minshall Jr.
	Official portrait, 1973
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	October 24, 1911; Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

William Edwin Minshall Jr. (October 24, 1911 – October 15, 1990) was an American lawyer and politician who served ten terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1955 to 1974.

Early life and career

William E. Minshall Jr. was born in

Ohio Supreme Court judge, had a private practice in law.^[2]^[3]

Minshall attended the public schools of East Cleveland, the University School in

Cleveland, Ohio. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives

in 1939 and 1940.

World War II

Minshall Jr. enlisted in December 1940 as a private in the

Bronze Star

.

Career

Minshall was special assistant attorney general of Ohio from 1948 to 1952 and general counsel for the

U.S. Maritime Administration of Washington, D.C.

, in 1953 and 1954.

Minshall was elected as a Republican to the

1974 to the 94th Congress

.

Death

Minshall was a resident of Delray Beach, Florida, until his death on October 15, 1990.

References

^ "Mrs. William Minshall". Chillicothe Gazette. January 27, 1961. p. 2. Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Mrs. William E. (Mabel Rice) Minshall, 83. Mrs. Minshall, widow of a former East Cleveland mayor and mother of Rep. William E. Minshall Jr.... Surviving in addition to the son, Congressman from Ohio's 23rd District...
^ Tapp, Hambleton (1966). Kentucky lives: the Blue Grass State who's who; a reference edition recording the biographies of contemporary leaders in Kentucky. Hopkinsville, KY: Historical Record Association. p. 273.
^ Evans, Lyle S., ed. (1917). A standard history of Ross County, Ohio an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, civic and social development. Vol. II. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co. pp. 517–520.
^ "HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957". GovTrack.us.
^ "H.R. 7152. PASSAGE".
^ "TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES".
^ "TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT".
^ "HR 8601. PASSAGE".

External links

United States Congress. "William Edwin Minshall Jr. (id: M000799)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2008-01-29
The Political Graveyard
Media related to William Edwin Minshall, Jr. at Wikimedia Commons

U.S. House of Representatives
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

[1] "Mrs. William Minshall". Chillicothe Gazette. January 27, 1961. p. 2. Archived from the original on May 24, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Mrs. William E. (Mabel Rice) Minshall, 83. Mrs. Minshall, widow of a former East Cleveland mayor and mother of Rep. William E. Minshall Jr.... Surviving in addition to the son, Congressman from Ohio's 23rd District...

[2] Tapp, Hambleton (1966). Kentucky lives: the Blue Grass State who's who; a reference edition recording the biographies of contemporary leaders in Kentucky. Hopkinsville, KY: Historical Record Association. p. 273.

[3] Evans, Lyle S., ed. (1917). A standard history of Ross County, Ohio an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, civic and social development. Vol. II. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co. pp. 517–520.

[4] "HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957". GovTrack.us.

[5] "H.R. 7152. PASSAGE".

[6] "TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES".

[7] "TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT".

[8] "HR 8601. PASSAGE".

[2]

[3]

v t e 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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