MacNeil Mitchell (July 18, 1904 – December 17, 1996) was an American lawyer and Republican politician from New York.

Life

He was born on July 18, 1904, in Lime Rock, Litchfield County, Connecticut, the son of George Henry Mitchell and Harriet (MacNeil) Mitchell. He graduated from Yale College in 1926; attended Columbia Law School, and graduated from UC Berkeley School of Law in 1929.[1] He practiced law in New York City. In 1938, he married Katherine McGowin, and they had three children.

Mitchell was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1938 to 1946, sitting in the 161st, 162nd, 163rd, 164th and 165th New York State Legislatures.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (20th district) from 1947 to 1964, sitting in the 166th, 167th, 168th, 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd and 174th New York State Legislatures; and was Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary in 1963 and 1964.

He was a delegate to the 1960 and 1964 Republican National Conventions.

He died on December 17, 1996, in Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, of pneumonia;[2] and was buried at the Salisbury Cemetery in Salisbury, Connecticut.[3]

U.S. Patent Commissioner Charles Elliott Mitchell (1837–1911) was his grandfather.

Sources

  1. ^ New York Red Book (1961–1962; p. 84)
  2. ^ MacNeil Mitchell, 92, a Legislator in New York State for 27 Years in the New York Times on December 20, 1996.
  3. ^ MacNeil Mitchell in The East Hampton Star, of East Hampton, on January 9, 1997 (with portrait).
New York State Assembly Preceded byHerbert Brownell Jr. New York State Assembly New York County, 10th district 1938–1944 Succeeded byJohn P. Morrissey Preceded byJohn J. Lamula New York State Assembly New York County, 1st district 1945–1946 Succeeded byMaude E. Ten Eyck New York State Senate Preceded byFrederic René Coudert Jr. New York State Senate 20th district 1947–1964 Succeeded byFrederic S. Berman
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