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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJohn Randolph NEAL
(1836-1889)
NEAL, John Randolph, a
Representative from Tennessee; born near Clinton, Anderson County,
Tenn., November 26, 1836; attended the common schools and Hiwassee
College, Monroe County, Tenn.; was graduated from Emory and Henry
College, Emory, Va., in 1858; studied law; was admitted to the bar
in 1859 and commenced practice in Athens, Tenn.; during the Civil
War enlisted in the Confederate Army and was elected captain of a
Cavalry troop, which afterward became a part of the Sixteenth
Battalion, Tennessee Cavalry, and was subsequently promoted to
lieutenant colonel of the battalion; taught school for several
years; settled at Rhea Springs, Tenn., and continued the practice
of law; member of the State house of representatives in 1874;
served in the State senate in 1878 and 1879 and as presiding
officer in 1879; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and
Fiftieth Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1889); declined to be a
candidate for renomination in 1888 on account of ill health; died
at Rhea Springs, Rhea County, Tenn., March 26, 1889; interment in
the W.F. Brown family cemetery, Post Oak Springs, Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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