Gustav A. Schneebeli | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's26th district | |
| In office March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph H. Shull |
| Succeeded by | J. Davis Brodhead |
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| Born | Gustav Adolphus Schneebeli (1853-05-23)May 23, 1853 |
| Died | February 6, 1923(1923-02-06) (aged 69) Nazareth, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Resting place | Moravian Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
Gustav Adolphus Schneebeli (May 23, 1853 – February 6, 1923) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative from thestate ofPennsylvania from 1905 to 1907.
Schneebeli was born inNeusalz,Prussian Silesia. He immigrated to theUnited States with his parents, who settled inBethlehem, Pennsylvania. He attended the Moravian Parochial School. They later moved toNazareth, Pennsylvania, and entered upon a mercantile career.
He founded the knit-goods industry of the Nazareth Waist Co. In 1888 he established alace manufacturing company, of which he became sole owner.
Schneebeli was elected as a Republican to the59th Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906.
He continued in the lace manufacturing business until his death in Nazareth in 1923. Interment in Moravian Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 26th congressional district 1905–1907 | Succeeded by |
