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 byGeorge H. Bender
Succeeded byRonald 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
DiedOctober 15, 1990(1990-10-15) (aged 78)
Delray Beach, Florida
Political partyRepublican
Alma materUniversity of Virginia
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 East Cleveland, Ohio to William E. Minshall and Mabel Rice.[1] Minshall came from a family of lawyers with his father being a trial lawyer. His grandfather, Thaddeus A. Minshall, who prior to becoming an Ohio Supreme Court judge, had a private practice in law.[2][3]

Minshall 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.

World War II

Minshall Jr. 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.

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 84th Congress and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation December 31, 1974. He voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,[4] 1964[5] and 1968,[6] and the Voting Rights Act of 1965,[7] while voting present on the Civil Rights Act of 1960.[8] He was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the 94th Congress.

Death

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

References

  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".

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U.S. House of Representatives Preceded byGeorge H. Bender Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 23rd congressional district 1955–1974 Succeeded byRonald M. Mottl
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