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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeHenry Clay SNODGRASS
(1848-1931)
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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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