Lawrence T. Neal
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|name=Lawrence Talbot Neal
|image=Lawrence T Neal.png
|state=Ohio
|district=7th
|term_start=March 4, 1873
|term_end=March 3, 1877
|preceded=Samuel Shellabarger
|succeeded=Henry L. Dickey
|state_house2=Ohio
|district2=Ross County
|term_start2=January 6, 1868
|term_end2=January 2, 1870
|preceded2=Jacob Sarber
Samuel B. Erskine
|succeeded2=Lewis W. Sifford
|alongside2=Isaac J. Finley
|party=Democratic
|birth_date={{birth date|1844|9|22}}
|birth_place=Parkersburg, Virginia, US
|death_date={{death date and age|1905|11|2|1844|9|22}}
|death_place=Chillicothe, Ohio, US
|restingplace=Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe
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Lawrence Talbot Neal (September 22, 1844 – November 2, 1905) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1873 to 1877.
Early career
Born in Parkersburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), Neal pursued classical studies.
He moved to Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1864.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1867.
City solicitor in 1867 and 1868.
He declined to be a candidate for reelection.
Neal was elected prosecuting attorney of Ross County, Ohio, in 1870 and resigned in October 1872 to become a candidate for Congress.
Congress
Neal was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1876 to the Forty-fifth Congress and for election in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the State senate in 1887.
Later career and death
He resumed the practice of law.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1888 and 1892.
He was defeated by William McKinley for Governor of Ohio in 1893.
He died in Chillicothe, Ohio, November 2, 1905.
He was interred in Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe, Ohio, US.
Sources
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Category:Politicians from Parkersburg, West Virginia
Category:Politicians from Chillicothe, Ohio
Category:County district attorneys in Ohio
Category:Democratic Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives
Category:Burials at Grandview Cemetery (Chillicothe, Ohio)
Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio
Category:Lawyers from Parkersburg, West Virginia
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives