Henry Clay Snodgrass (March 29, 1848April 22, 1931) was an American politician and a member of the
United States House of Representatives
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for the
3rd congressional district
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of
Tennessee
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.
Biography
Snodgrass was born on March 29, 1848 near
in
White County. He attended Sparta Academy, studied law at
Cumberland University
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History
1842-1861
The university was founded by the Cumberland ...
in
Lebanon, Tennessee
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, and was admitted to the
bar
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in 1870. He commenced
practice
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in Sparta, Tennessee and engaged in
agricultural
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pursuits.
Career
During the
Civil War
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, Snodgrass served as a
private
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in the
Confederate Army
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. From 1878 to 1884, he was the
attorney general
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of the fifth judicial circuit.
Snodgrass was elected as a
Democrat to the
52nd and
53rd Congresses. He served from March 4, 1891 to March 3, 1895, but he was not a successful candidate for re-election to the
54th Congress
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. He was a delegate to the
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in 1896. He resumed the practice of his profession in Sparta, Tennessee in White County.
Snodgrass moved to
Gould
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,
Oklahoma and engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Death
Snodgrass died on April 22, 1931 (age 83 years, 24 days) in
Altus, Oklahoma
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. He is
interred
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at Altus Cemetery. He was the uncle of fellow Tennessee congressman
Charles Edward Snodgrass
Charles Edward Snodgrass (December 28, 1866 – August 3, 1936) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Snodgrass was born on December 28, ...
.
References
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1848 births
1931 deaths
People from Sparta, Tennessee
Cumberland University alumni
Tennessee lawyers
Confederate States Army soldiers
People of Tennessee in the American Civil War
People from Harmon County, Oklahoma
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
19th-century American politicians