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| The House of Representatives of the Fifty Third Congress (detail), The Graphic Chicago, 1893, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives |
SNODGRASS, Henry Clay, (uncle of Charles Edward Snodgrass),
a Representative from Tennessee;
born near Sparta, White County, Tenn., March 29, 1848;
attended Sparta Academy;
studied law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.;
was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Sparta, Tenn.;
also engaged in agricultural pursuits;
during the Civil War served as a private in the Confederate Army;
attorney general of the fifth judicial circuit 1878-1884;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress;
delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1896;
resumed the practice of his profession in Sparta, White County, Tenn.;
moved to Gould, Okla., and engaged in agricultural pursuits;
died in Altus, Okla., April 22, 1931;
interment in Altus Cemetery.
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