Charles Neill | |
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| Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | |
| In office February 1905 – May 1913 | |
| President | Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | Carroll D. Wright |
| Succeeded by | George Wallace William Hanger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 12, 1865 Rock Island, Illinois |
| Died | October 3, 1942 (aged 76) Washington, D.C. |
| Education | University of Notre Dame University of Texas Georgetown University |
Charles Patrick Neill (December 12, 1865 – October 3, 1942) was an American civil servant who was raised in Austin, Texas, after his family emigrated from Ireland in 1850. Neill graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1897 with a doctorate in economics and politics. He was appointed the United States Commissioner of Labor in 1906 by President Theodore Roosevelt. As Commissioner of Labor he helped inspect the Meat Packing industries, and reported women and child labor injustices. He also mediated labor disputes between workers and employers in the coal, railroad, and steel corporations.