Samuel Prather Snider (October 9, 1845 – September 24, 1928) was a representative from

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. He was born in Mount Gilead,

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and attended the public schools, the local high school at Mount Gilead, Ohio, and Oberlin College,

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. During the

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he enlisted as a private soldier in the Sixty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After the war he engaged in commercial pursuits in

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, moved to Minnesota in 1876 and settled in

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. He organized and built the

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in southern Minnesota and engaged in agricultural pursuits and the mining of iron ore. he was a member of the

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1884–1888; was elected as a Republican to the

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(March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891). He was also unsuccessful for reelection in 1890 to the 52nd congress. He was a delegate to the

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in 1892. He retired and resided in Minneapolis until his death, interment was in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Snider, Samuel 1845 births 1928 deaths Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Oberlin College alumni People from Mount Gilead, Ohio Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota