Neil J. Linehan

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Neil Joseph Linehan (September 23, 1895 - August 23, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Linehan attended the public schools. He was graduated from John L. Marsh School in 1913. He engaged in electrical business since 1919. During World War I he served in France with the Three Hundred and Fortieth Infantry, Eighty-fifth Division, United States Army.

Linehan was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1951). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress and for election in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress. He was Director of Price Stabilization, Chicago district, 1951. He resumed the electrical engineering business. He died in Chicago, and was interred in St. Mary Cemetery.

[edit] References

• Neil J. Linehan at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-01-21

Political offices
Preceded by Fred E. Busbey	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 3rd congressional district 1949-1951	Succeeded by Fred E. Busbey