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John William Noell
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 3rd district |
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| In office March 4, 1863 – March 14, 1863 |
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| Preceded by | William Augustus Hall |
| Succeeded by | John Guier Scott |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 7th district |
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| In office March 4, 1858 – March 3, 1863 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Caruthers |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin F. Loan |
| Member of the Missouri Senate | |
| In office 1851–1855 |
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| Clerk of the Perry County Circuit Court | |
| In office 1841–1850 |
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| Born | February 22, 1816 Bedford, Virginia |
| Died | March 14, 1863 (aged 47) Washington, District of Columbia |
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| Political party | Unconditional Unionist (1862–1863) Democratic (before 1862) |
| Spouse | Marie Ann Gregoire (m. 1836) |
| Children | 9 (including Thomas E. Noell) |
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John William Noell (February 22, 1816 – March 14, 1863) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri, father of Thomas Estes Noell.
Born in Bedford County, Virginia, Noell attended the rural schools there. At the age of seventeen, he settled near Perryville, Missouri. He engaged in milling and storekeeping, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1843, and commenced practice in Perryville. He served as clerk of the circuit court for Perry County in 1841–1850. He was elected to the state senate, and served in 1851–1855.
Noell was elected U.S. Representative as a Democrat in 1858, to the Thirty-sixth Congress, re-elected in 1860 to the Thirty-seventh Congress, and re-elected as an Unconditional Unionist to the Thirty-eighth Congress in 1862. He served from March 4, 1859, until his death on March 14, 1863, in Washington, D.C. He was interred in St. Mary's Cemetery, in Perryville.
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
