Biography

08/28/1779 - 07/11/1835

Berks County (1808-1809, 1832-1834), Berks and Schuylkill Counties (1820-1821)

SCHNEIDER (SNYDER), Jacob U., a Representative from Berks and Schuylkill Counties; born, August 28, 1779 in Exeter Township, Berks County, Pa.; printer; printer and publisher, Der Unpartheyische Readinger Alder (1797-1800), Der Readinger Adler (1800-1802); unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1806, 1807, 1816); elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1808-1809 term; unsuccessful campaign, auditor, Berks County (1809): appointed, recorder of deeds and register of wills, Berks County, 1809-1817; manager, Rockland Forge furnace; reelected to the House as a Democrat for the 1820-1821 term; elected, auditor, Berks County (1822-1825); appointed, associate judge, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County (1824-1829); reelected to the House for the 1832-1833 and 1833-1834 terms; died, July 11, 1835 in Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Oley Cemetery, Oley Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania.