death_date birth_date term_end restingplace alma_mater state_senate death_place preceded term_start order image name succeeded birth_place party office state district article_title
13 july 1906 25 august 1828 march 4 , 1881 december 31 , 1865 april 13 , 3 1885 , 1879 march 3 , 1883 march woodland cemetery , ironton marietta college ohio ironton , ohio john jr. t. r. stanley kenneth rayner l. vance henry l. dickey thomas ewing , march 4 , 1879 january 6 , 1862 july 3 , 4 1884 , 1877 march 4 , 1881 march 20th hsneal.jpg henry safford neal henry james bradbury alexander mccue l. dickey john w. mccormick george l. converse gallipolis , ohio republican solicitor of the united states treasury ohio ohio 11th 12th 8th henry s. neal

henry s. neal

henry safford neal -lrb- august 25 , 1828 -- july 13 , 1906 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio .
born in gallipolis , ohio , neal attended the common schools .
he was graduated from marietta college -lrb- ohio -rrb- in 1847 .
he studied law .
he was admitted to the bar in approximately 1851 and commenced practice in ironton , ohio .
he served as prosecuting attorney of lawrence county about 1851 .
he served as member of the state senate from 1861 to 1863 .
he was appointed consul to lisbon , portugal , in 1869 .
by the resignation of the minister resident , he became chargé d'affaires in december 1869 and served until july 1870 , when he resigned and returned to ohio .
he served as delegate to the ohio constitutional convention in 1873 .
neal was elected as a republican to the forty-fifth , forty-sixth , and forty-seventh congresses -lrb- march 4 , 1877-march 3 , 1883 -rrb- .
he served as chairman of the committee on district of columbia -lrb- forty-seventh congress -rrb- .
he was not a candidate for renomination in 1882 .
he resumed the practice of his profession at ironton , ohio .
he was appointed solicitor of the treasury by president arthur and served from july 3 , 1884 , to april 13 , 1885 , when a successor was appointed by president cleveland .
he again resumed the practice of law .
he died in ironton , ohio , july 13 , 1906 .
he was interred in woodland cemetery .
