Emmet O'Neal (April 14, 1887 - July 18, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and an ambassador to the Philippines. A member of the Centre College Athletic Hall of Fame. Brother of former Louisville Mayor Joseph T. O'Neal.
O'Neal was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Joseph T. O'Neal, Sr. and Lydia Elizabeth (Wright). O'Neal was the youngest of four children in his family and he graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky in 1907. D...
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Emmet O'Neal (April 14, 1887 - July 18, 1967) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky and an ambassador to the Philippines. A member of the Centre College Athletic Hall of Fame. Brother of former Louisville Mayor Joseph T. O'Neal.
O'Neal was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Joseph T. O'Neal, Sr. and Lydia Elizabeth (Wright). O'Neal was the youngest of four children in his family and he graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky in 1907. During his tenure at Centre College he participated in football, basketball, baseball, and Tennis in which he won a championship title. O'Neal would be inducted into the Centre College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006. O'Neal graduated from Yale University in 1908, and from the law department of the University of Louisville in 1910. He was following his father and brothers' footsteps as they were all lawyers.
O'Neal was admitted to the bar in 1910 and started his law practice in Louisville. During World War I O'Neal served overseas in the United...
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