Charles Edward Snodgrass (December 28, 1866 – August 3, 1936) was an American politician and a member of the
United States House of Representatives
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for the
4th congressional district of
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
.
Biography
Snodgrass was born on December 28, 1866, near
, in
White County, son of Thomas and Eliza Jane Evans Snodgrass. He attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the
bar. He commenced practice in
Crossville, Tennessee
Crossville is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Crossville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 12,071 at the 2020 census.
History
Crossville developed at the inters ...
, in 1888. He married Lola Adel Webb on June 30, 1889, and they had nine children.
Career
Elected as a
Democrat
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Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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to the
Fifty-sixth and
Fifty-seventh Congresses, Snodgrass served from March 4, 1899, to March 3, 1903, and was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1902.
Snodgrass was a judge of the fifth judicial circuit of Tennessee. He was appointed and subsequently elected judge of the court of appeals upon the reorganization of that court and served from 1925 to 1934 when he retired to private life in Crossville, Tennessee.
Death
On August 3, 1936, Snodgrass died in Crossville at age 69 years, 219 days. He is
interred
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at Crossville City Cemetery. He was the nephew of fellow Tennessee congressman
Henry C. Snodgrass
Henry Clay Snodgrass (March 29, 1848April 22, 1931) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 3rd congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Snodgrass was born on March 29, 1848 near Spar ...
,
and father-in-law of
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
Medal of Honor recipient
Milo Lemert.
[B. Parsons, Plaque on the Snodgrass Law Office Building, 2010.]
The building on the courthouse square in Crossville where Snodgrass and his son practiced law has been renamed in his honor.
References
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1866 births
1936 deaths
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
Tennessee state court judges
People from Crossville, Tennessee