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| Around the Capital (detail), engraving, Thomas Fleming, 1902, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives |
SNODGRASS, Charles Edward, (nephew of Henry Clay Snodgrass),
a Representative from Tennessee; born near Sparta, White County,
Tenn., December 28, 1866; attended the common schools; studied law; was
admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Crossville, Tenn., in 1888;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4,
1899-March 3, 1903); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1902; judge of
the fifth judicial circuit of Tennessee; appointed and subsequently elected
judge of the court of appeals upon the reorganization of that court and served
from 1925 to 1934; retired to private life in Crossville, Tenn., where he died
August 3, 1936; interment in the Crossville City Cemetery.
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