Howard M. Snapp

Howard Malcolm Snapp (born September 27, 1855 in Joliet , Illinois , †  August 14, 1938 there ) was an American politician . Between 1903 and 1911 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Howard Snapp was the son of Congressman Henry Snapp (1822–1895). He attended Eastern Avenue School and then studied between 1872 and 1875 at Forest University in Chicago . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1878, he began to work in this profession in Globe in what would later become the state of Arizona . Soon after, he returned to Joliet, where he also practiced as a lawyer. Between 1884 and 1903 he held the position of Masters in Chancery in Will County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1893 he became their district chairman in Will County. In the years 1896 and 1908 he was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions , at which William McKinley and William Howard Taft were nominated as presidential candidates.

In the congressional elections of 1902 , Snapp was elected to the 11th constituency of Illinois in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Walter Reeves on March 4, 1903 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1911 . In 1910, Howard Snapp declined to run again for Congress. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he worked again as a lawyer in Joliet, where he died on August 14, 1938.

Web links

• Howard M. Snapp in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Howard M. Snapp in the database of Find a Grave (English)