Biography

04/11/1802 - 05/27/1879

SNYDER, Henry, a Representative from York County; born, April 11, 1802 in Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pa.; Independent Battalion, York County, Pennsylvania Militia; appointed, justice of the peace, Shrewsbury (1828); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1833-1834 and 1834-1835 terms; elected, council, Baltimore City (1838-1845, president, 1840-1845); elected, justice of the peace, Baltimore City (1839-1845); acting mayor, Baltimore City (1843); appointed, collector, Baltimore City (1845-1848); appointed, judge, tax appeal court, Baltimore (1853); assistant postmaster, United States Postal Service, Baltimore City (1854-1856); employed, United States Postal Service, Baltimore City (1856-1860); elected, Maryland State Senate (1868-1873, president pro tempore, 1872-1873); trustee, Bayview Asylum (1868-1878); president, Howard Bank; died, May 27, 1879 in Baltimore City, Maryland; interred, Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore City, Maryland.