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John Buell Snyder (July 30, 1877 – February 24, 1946) was a Democratic Party member of the
The Political Graveyard
John Buell Snyder (July 30, 1877 – February 24, 1946) was a Democratic Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...
from Pennsylvania.
J. Buell Snyder was born on a farm in Upper Turkeyfoot Township, Pennsylvania
Upper Turkeyfoot Township is a township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,063 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Turkeyfoot Township was f ...
. He attended summer sessions of Harvard University, and Columbia University in New York City. He graduated from the Lock Haven Teachers College in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania.
He worked as principal of schools at Stoystown
Stoystown is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 300 at the 2020 census. Stoystown is located SSE of Johnstown and northeast of ...
, Rockwood, and Berlin in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, from 1901 to 1906, and of Perry 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 the Pennsylvania General Assembly
The Pennsylvania General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The legislature convenes in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. In colonial times (1682–1776), the legislature was known as the Pennsylvania ...
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 the Seventy-third and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1933, until his death in Pittsburgh, aged 69.
See also
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include:
* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949)
*List o ...
Sources
The Political Graveyard
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* 1877 births 1946 deaths Harvard Summer School alumni Columbia University alumni Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania alumni American school principals People from Somerset County, Pennsylvania School board members in Pennsylvania Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-Representative-stub