Howard Malcolm Snapp (September 27, 1855 – August 14, 1938) was a

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from

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, son of

Henry Snapp Henry Snapp (June 30, 1822 – November 26, 1895) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was the father of Howard Malcolm Snapp, also a U.S. Representative. Biography Henry Snapp was born in Livonia, ...

who had also been a U.S. representative from Illinois. Born in

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, Snapp attended the Eastern Avenue school and Forest University in

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from 1872 to 1875. Snapp studied law. He was

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in 1878 and commenced practice in

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and returned to

, and continued the practice of law. He served as master in chancery for Will County, Illinois, from 1884 to 1903. Snapp was elected chairman of the Will County Republican central committee in 1893. He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1896 and 1908 and was elected as a

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to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910, but resumed the practice of law in

. He died in

, August 14, 1938. His interment was located in Joliet's Elmhurst Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Snapp, Howard Malcolm 1855 births 1938 deaths People from Joliet, Illinois Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois