William Edwin Minshall Jr. (October 24, 1911 – October 15, 1990) was an American lawyer and politician who served ten terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio from 1955 to 1974.

His grandfather, Thaddeus A. Minshall, who prior to becoming an Ohio Supreme Court judge, had a private practice in law.

[2][3] Minshall attended the public schools of East Cleveland, the University School in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, Virginia, where he was a member of Chi Phi fraternity.

Minshall Jr. enlisted in December 1940 as a private in the United States Army and served in the European Theater, G-2 section, Headquarters III Corps, and was discharged as a lieutenant colonel in March 1946.

Minshall was a resident of Delray Beach, Florida, until his death on October 15, 1990.