Thompson Ware Mcneely was a United States. Representative from Illinois.
Education
Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Mcneely attended the public schools and Jubilee College, Peoria, Illinois. He was graduated from Lombard College, Galesburg, Illinois, in 1856 and from the law department of the University of Louisville, Kentucky, in 1857.
Career
He was admitted to the bar in 1857 and commenced practice in St. Petersburg, Illinois. Mcneely was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1873). He did not seek renomination in 1872.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1872, 1892, and 1896.
He resumed the practice of law in St. Petersburg, Illinois. He served as master in chancery for Menard County from 1910 until his death in St. Petersburg, Illinois, July 23, 1921.
He was interred in Rosehill Cemetery.
Membership
He served as member of the Illinois constitutional convention in 1862.