John S. Snook

John S. Snook

John Stout Snook (born December 18, 1862 in Antwerp , Paulding County , Ohio , †  September 19, 1952 in Paulding , Ohio) was an American politician . Between 1901 and 1905 and again from 1917 to 1919 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Snook attended the public schools of his homeland until 1881. He then studied at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware . After studying law at Cincinnati College and being admitted to the bar in 1887, he began to work in this profession in Antwerp. In 1890 he moved his residence and his law firm to Paulding. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1900 congressional elections , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Ohio , where he succeeded David Meekison on March 4, 1901 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1905 . In 1904 he did not stand for re-election.

After the temporary end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Snook practiced as a lawyer again. In 1912 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore , where Woodrow Wilson was nominated as a presidential candidate. Between 1913 and 1915, Snook served as an appellate judge. In the elections of 1916 he was re-elected to Congress in the fifth district of his state, where he replaced Nelson E. Matthews on March 4, 1917 . Since he was not confirmed in 1918, he could only spend one more legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1919, which was marked by the events of the First World War .

After his final resignation from the US House of Representatives, Snook worked again as a lawyer. In 1932 he was a delegate at the Federal Democratic Party Conference in Chicago , where Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated as a presidential candidate. Between 1930 and 1938 he acted again as an appellate judge. After that, he retired. John Snook died on September 19, 1952 in Paulding, where he was also buried.

Web links

• John S. Snook in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John S. Snook in the database of Find a Grave (English)