Richard A. Snyder (March 26, 1910 – June 17, 1992)
was an American politician from
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
who served as a
Republican
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Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
member of the
Pennsylvania State Senate
The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania state legislature. The State Senate meets in the State Capitol building in Harrisburg. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered ev ...
for the
13th district from 1961 to 1984.
Early life and education
Snyder was born in
Lititz, Pennsylvania
Lititz is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, north of the city of Lancaster. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 9,370.
History
Lititz was founded by members of the Moravian Church in 1756 and was named af ...
, to Paris F. and Barbara (Ziegler) Snyder.
He graduated from
Temple University Law School
The Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law is the law school of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1895 and enrolls about 530 students.
Student body
Admission for fall 2019 entering class was highly comp ...
and worked as a staff writer for the Lancaster New Era newspaper from 1931 to 1942.
He served as a member of the
United States Army Counter Intelligence Corps
The Counter Intelligence Corps (Army CIC) was a World War II and early Cold War intelligence agency within the United States Army consisting of highly trained special agents. Its role was taken over by the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps in 1961 an ...
from 1942 to 1945.
Career
He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district for six consecutive terms from 1962 to 1984. He served on the Senate Appropriations Committee, Public Health and Welfare Committee, Education Committee and Labor and Education Committee.
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He died on June 17, 1992, and is interred at the Donegal Presbyterian Church Cemetery in ]Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
Mount Joy is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,346 at the 2020 census, and an estimated 8,323 in 2021.
Name and origin
The name is often shortened to "Mt Joy", as in Mencken (1963).Mencken (1963) p. ...
.
References
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1910 births
1978 deaths
20th-century American legislators
United States Army personnel of World War II
Burials in Pennsylvania
Republican Party Pennsylvania state senators
People from Lititz, Pennsylvania
Temple University Beasley School of Law alumni
20th-century Pennsylvania politicians