- Howard M. Snapp
Howard Malcolm Snapp (
September 27 ,1855 -August 14 ,1938 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIllinois , son ofHenry Snapp .Born in
Joliet, Illinois , Snapp attended the Eastern Avenue school andForest University inChicago, Illinois from 1872 to 1875.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced practice inGlobe, Arizona .He returned toJoliet, Illinois , and continued the practice of law.He served as master in chancery for Will County, Illinois, from 1884 to 1903.Snapp was elected chairman of the Will County Republican central committee in 1893.He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1896 and 1908.He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (
March 4 ,1903 -March 3 ,1911 ).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1910.He resumed the practice of law inJoliet, Illinois .He died inJoliet, Illinois ,August 14 ,1938 .He was interred in Elmhurst Cemetery.References
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