Samuel Snider

Samuel Prather Snider (October 9, 1845 – September 24, 1928) was a representative from Minnesota. He was born in Mount Gilead, Morrow County, Ohio and attended the public schools, the local high school at Mount Gilead, Ohio, and Oberlin College, Ohio.

Samuel Snider
From Volume V (1914) of Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 4th district
In office March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
Preceded by	Edmund Rice
Succeeded by	James Castle
Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
In office 1884-1888
Personal details
Born	October 9, 1845 Mount Gilead
Died	September 24, 1928 (aged 82) Minneapolis, Minnesota
Political party	Republican

During the Civil War he enlisted as a private soldier in the Sixty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After the war he engaged in commercial pursuits in New York, moved to Minnesota in 1876 and settled in Minneapolis.

He organized and built the Midland Railway in southern Minnesota and engaged in agricultural pursuits and the mining of iron ore.

he was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1884–1888; was elected as a Republican to the 51st United States Congress (March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891). He was also unsuccessful for reelection in 1890 to the 52nd congress. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1892.

He retired and resided in Minneapolis until his death, interment was in Lakewood Cemetery.