John Buell Snyder (July 30, 1877 – February 24, 1946) was aDemocratic Party member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
J. Buell Snyder was born on a farm inUpper Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania on July 30, 1877. He attended summer sessions ofHarvard University, andColumbia University inNew York City before graduating from theLock Haven Teachers College inLock Haven, Pennsylvania.
Snyder worked as principal of schools atStoystown,Rockwood, andBerlin inSomerset County, Pennsylvania, from 1901 to 1906, and ofPerry Township Union High School from 1906 to 1912.
He was the western Pennsylvania manager for an educational publisher from 1912 to 1932, and a member of the board of education of Perry Township in Pennsylvania, from 1922 to 1932. He was legislative representative for Pennsylvania school directors during sessions of thePennsylvania General Assembly from 1921 to 1923, and a member of the National Commission of One Hundred for Study and Survey of Rural Schools in the United States from 1922 to 1924.
Snyder was elected from the 24th District of Pennsylvania as a Democrat to theSeventy-third and to the six succeeding Congresses. He served from March 4, 1933, until his death.
Snyder died inPittsburgh at the age of sixty-nine on February 24, 1946.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 24th congressional district March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1945 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 23rd congressional district January 3, 1945 – February 24, 1946 | Succeeded by |
