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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Homer P. Snyder |
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Little Falls, New York , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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December 06, 1863
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| Died | December 30, 1937
(74 years)
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| Contributor | RMF |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | SNYDER, Homer Peter, a Representative from New York; born in Amsterdam, Amsterdam County, N.Y., December 6, 1863; attended the common schools; was employed in various capacities in knitting mills until 1887; moved to Little Falls, N.Y., in 1887 and continued employment in knitting mills; engaged in the manufacture of knitting machinery in 1890 and, later, of bicycles and other wheeled vehicles; director and vice president of the Little Falls National Bank; served one term as school commissioner in 1895 and two terms as fire and police commissioner of Little Falls in 1910 and 1911; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1912 to the Sixty-third Congress; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1925); chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Sixty-sixth through Sixty-eighth Congresses), Committee on World War Veterans’ Legislation (Sixty-eighth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1924; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1916 and 1920; resumed his former manufacturing pursuits; died in Little Falls, N.Y., December 30, 1937; interment in the Church Street Cemetery.
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