Samuel Snider
| Samuel Snider | |
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| 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 |
| 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; born in Mount Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio; attended the public schools, the local high school at Mount Gilead, Ohio, and Oberlin College, Ohio; during the Civil War enlisted as a private soldier in the Sixty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; after the war engaged in commercial pursuits in New York; moved to Minnesota in 1876 and settled in Minneapolis; organized and built the Midland Railway in southern Minnesota; engaged in agricultural pursuits and the mining of iron ore; member of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1884–1888; elected as a Republican to the 51st United States Congress (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the 52nd congress; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892; retired and resided in Minneapolis until his death; interment in Lakewood Cemetery.
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| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Edmund Rice |
U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 4th congressional district 1889–1891 |
Succeeded by James Castle |
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