Robert H. Snyder (July 13, 1855 – November 17, 1905) was a Democratic

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from

Tensas Parish, Louisiana Tensas Parish (french: Paroisse des Tensas) is a parish located in the northeastern section of the State of Louisiana; its eastern border is the Mississippi River. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,252. It is the least populated paris ...

. Snyder served in the

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for two nonconsecutive terms from 1890 to 1896 and from 1904 until his death in office. From 1896 to 1900, Snyder was

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under Governor Murphy J. Foster, Sr., a favorite of the

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. During this time, the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1898 was held. Snyder was defeated for lieutenant governor in 1900 by future

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Albert Estopinal, Sr., of

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. Snyder's younger brother,

Jefferson B. Snyder Jefferson B. Snyder (January 19, 1859 – October 18, 1951), was a lawyer and politician from the Mississippi River River delta, delta country of northeastern Louisiana. Snyder became a virtual political boss of Madison Parish, Louisiana, Mad ...

, was a native of Tensas Parish and

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from 1904 to 1945 in Tallulah in

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. Snyder is interred at Natchez City Cemetery in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Snyder, Robert H. 1855 births 1905 deaths Speakers of the Louisiana House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives Lieutenant Governors of Louisiana People from St. Joseph, Louisiana Burials in Mississippi 19th-century American legislators 19th-century Louisiana politicians