Horace G. Snover | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMichigan's7th district | |
| In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 | |
| Preceded by | Justin Rice Whiting |
| Succeeded by | Edgar Weeks |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1847-09-21)September 21, 1847 |
| Died | July 21, 1924(1924-07-21) (aged 76) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Horace Greeley Snover (September 21, 1847 – July 21, 1924) was a politician and judge from theU.S. state ofMichigan.
Horace Greeley Snover was born 21 September 1847 in the then village ofRomeo inMacomb County, Michigan, a son of Edward Sharpe Snover and Ann Albertson Cook. His namesake was the abolitionistHorace Greeley. His father was a money lender while his mother was a descendant of early American settlers. They had married in New Jersey then removed to Michigan during the years when a logging economy was transitioning to agricultural investment. Snover was a second great grandson of Garret Albertson, a Major in the New Jersey militia during the American Revolution.[1][2]
Snover attended the Romeo public schools and the Dickenson Institute. He graduated from the academic department of theUniversity of Michigan atAnn Arbor in 1869 and from the law department in 1871. He was admitted to thebar and practiced inWichita, Kansas, in 1871 and 1872. The following year he moved back to Romeo and then moved toPort Austin in 1874 while continuing the practice of law. He also engaged in banking and was principal of the public schools of Port Austin for two years. He also served as probate judge ofHuron County from January 1, 1881, to January 1, 1885.
Snover was elected as aRepublican fromMichigan's 7th congressional district to the54th and55th Congresses, serving from March 4, 1895, to March 3, 1899, in theU.S. House. The Republicans had the majority and enacted laws such as the 1896 Married Women's Rights Act (District of Columbia), numerous acts to win theSpanish American War, and theRivers and Harbors Act of 1899 - now the oldest federal environmental law in the United States. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1898.
After leaving Congress, Horace G. Snover moved toPort Huron, where he died at the age of seventy-six and is interred in itsLakeside Cemetery.
The community ofSnover inSanilac County was named for him.[3]
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| Preceded by | United States Representative for the 7th Congressional District of Michigan 1895–1899 | Succeeded by |
