Background

O’Neal, Emmet was born on April 14, 1887 in Louisville. Son of Joseph Thomas and Lydia Elizabeth (Wright) O’N.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Centre College, 1907, Doctor of Laws, 1947. Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1908. Bachelor of Laws, University Louisville, 1910.

Career

Admitted to Kentucky bar, 1910. Practiced law, Louisville, 1910-1917. Member O’Neal, Alden & Company, investment securities, 1926-1934.

Member 74th-79th Congresses, 3d Kentucky District.

Ambassador Philaippines, 1947-1949. Private practice law, Washington, since 1949.

Chairman, Corregidor-Bataan Memorial Commission.

Achievements

• Emmet O’Neal has been listed as a reputable ambassador, lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Religion

God never intended nor desired for a single person to go to Hell. Sin caused a separation between God and man, and that Jesus’ death on the cross is the only bridge to cross from death to life. This bridge, however, is accessible by anyone at anytime.

Membership

Served in the United States Army, World War I.

Connections

Married Glessie Morris, July 29, 1921. Children: Lydia Wright, Mary Hamilton.

Father:

Joseph Thomas O’North.

Mother:

Lydia Elizabeth (Wright) O’North.

Spouse:

Glessie Morris

child:

Mary Hamilton O’Neal

child:

Lydia Wright O’Neal