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Samuel Snider | |
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.jpg) From Volume V (1914) ofHerringshaw's National Library of American Biography | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMinnesota's 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 | |
| Preceded by | Edmund Rice |
| Succeeded by | James Castle |
| Member of theMinnesota House of Representatives | |
| In office 1884-1888 | |
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| Born | (1845-10-09)October 9, 1845 Mount Gilead, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | September 24, 1928(1928-09-24) (aged 82) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Resting place | Lakewood Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
Samuel Prather Snider (October 9, 1845 – September 24, 1928) was a representative fromMinnesota. He was born inMount Gilead,Morrow County, Ohio and attended the public schools, the local high school at Mount Gilead, Ohio, andOberlin College,Ohio.
During theCivil War he enlisted as a private soldier in the Sixty-fifth Regiment,Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After the war he engaged in commercial pursuits inNew York, moved to Minnesota in 1876 and settled inMinneapolis.
He organized and built theMidland Railway in southern Minnesota and engaged in agricultural pursuits and the mining of iron ore.
he was a member of theMinnesota House of Representatives 1884–1888; was elected as aRepublican to the51st 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 theRepublican National Convention in 1892.
He retired and resided in Minneapolis until his death, interment was inLakewood Cemetery.
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