Samuel Snider

Samuel Snider
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Minnesota's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1889  March 3, 1891
Preceded by Edmund Rice
Succeeded by James Castle
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office
1884-1888
Personal details
Born October 9, 1845
Mount Gilead
Died September 24, 1928 (aged 82)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Political party Republican

Samuel Prather Snider (October 9, 1845 September 24, 1928) was a Representative from Minnesota. He was born in Mount Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio and attended the public schools, the local high school at Mount Gilead, Ohio, and Oberlin College, Ohio.

During the Civil War he enlisted as a private soldier in the Sixty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After the war he engaged in commercial pursuits in New York, moved to Minnesota in 1876 and settled in Minneapolis.

He organized and built the Midland Railway in southern Minnesota and engaged in agricultural pursuits and the mining of iron ore.

he was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives 18841888; was elected as a Republican to the 51st United States Congress (March 4, 1889 March 3, 1891). He was also unsuccessful for reelection in 1890 to the 52nd congress. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892.

He retired and resided in Minneapolis until his death, interment was in Lakewood Cemetery.

References

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Edmund Rice
U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 4th congressional district
18891891
Succeeded by
James Castle
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