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font-family:garamond,serif;">Snell</p> <table width=100%><tr><td valign="top"> <a name="SNELL"> </a> <table border width=100% cellpadding=5><tr><td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><b>SNELL</b> <small>(<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/soundex/s.html#S540">Soundex S540</a>) — <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/busha-butkowski.html#BUSNELLI">BUSNELLI</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/chipp-chmielewski.html#CHISNELL">CHISNELL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gorney-goulart.html#GOSNELL">GOSNELL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knappen-kniffin.html#KNELL">KNELL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lenahan-leonad.html#LENS">LENS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neale-neese.html#NEELS">NEELS</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/neff-nelsey.html#NELL">NELL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/presel-prestia.html#PRESNELL">PRESNELL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#SCHENLE">SCHENLE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schenk-schissler.html#SCHINELLA">SCHINELLA</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schmitt-schneid.html#SCHNALL">SCHNALL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schneiderman-schrock.html#SCHNELL">SCHNELL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schneiderman-schrock.html#SCHNELLE">SCHNELLE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schneiderman-schrock.html#SCHOENLE">SCHOENLE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/seldenright-semrow.html#SELL">SELL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shaffner-shanley.html#SHANELLE">SHANELLE</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shaffner-shanley.html#SHANLEY">SHANLEY</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheldrick-shenk.html#SHELL">SHELL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shien-shlaudeman.html#SHINALL">SHINALL</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/slavens-slingluff.html#SLEN">SLEN</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snelling-snover.html#SNELLER">SNELLER</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snelling-snover.html#SNELLING">SNELLING</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/snelling-snover.html#SNELLINGS">SNELLINGS</a>.</small> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>SNELL:</b> <i>See also</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cash-casperson.html#693.61.30">Joseph Snell Casler</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/faircloth-farleigh.html#825.32.07">Jasper Newton Fallis</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farlin-farquhar.html#105.38.85">Edgar Augustus Farnham</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gravolet-gray.html#193.89.29">Humphrey Snell Gray</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pindall-pingree.html#823.11.18">Xenophon Overton Pindall</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/root.html#087.75.02">William Walter Root</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/saintgeorge-salliotte.html#791.71.10">John Pierce St. John</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/weaver.html#957.55.29">George Leon Paul Weaver</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="074.61.54">Snell, A. J.</a></b> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/IL.html">1884</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/336/30.51.jpg" width=70 height=104 border=0 alt="Bertrand H. Snell"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="336.30.51">Snell, Bertrand Hollis</a> (1870-1958)</b> — also known as <b>Bertrand H. Snell</b> — of Potsdam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-lived.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y. Born in Colton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-born.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/12-09.html">December 9, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from New York</a> 31st District, 1915-39; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/NY.html">1916</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/NY.html">1920</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1920/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/NY.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/NY.html">1928</a> (chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/NY.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/NY.html">1936</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/officers.html">Permanent Chair</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1940/NY.html">1940</a>; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1932/index.html">1932</a>. Died in Potsdam, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-died.html">St. Lawrence County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1958/02-02.html">February 2, 1958</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 55 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/SL-buried.html#cms01661">Bayside Cemetery</a>, Potsdam, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married to Sara Merrick; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/warren.html#713.96.58">Albert G. Warren</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000652">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410126">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/341/000055176">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6400064">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Image source:</i> Official Report of the 21st Republican National Convention (1936)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="413.15.24">Snell, Bruce M.</a> (1895-1976)</b> — of Ida Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ID-lived.html">Ida County</a>, Iowa. Born in Ida Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ID-born.html">Ida County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/03-04.html">March 4, 1895</a>. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; district judge in Iowa, 1941-60; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Iowa state supreme court</a>, 1961-70. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-templar.html">Knights Templar</a>. Died in September, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/index.html">1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Father of <a href="#703.47.91">Bruce M. Snell Jr.</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="703.47.91">Snell, Bruce M., Jr.</a> (b. 1929)</b> — of Ida Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ID-lived.html">Ida County</a>, Iowa. Born in Ida Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ID-born.html">Ida County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/08-18.html">August 18, 1929</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Iowa Court of Appeals</a>, 1976-87; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/spju.html">justice of Iowa state supreme court</a>, 1987-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ord-coif.html">Order of the Coif</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Still living as of 1995. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#413.15.24">Bruce M. Snell</a>.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="652.04.46">Snell, Charles</a></b> — Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="949.43.33">Snell, Charles W.</a> (b. 1858)</b> — of Mackey's Ferry, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/WA-born.html">Washington County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1858/11-08.html">November 8, 1858</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/ofc/sthse.html">North Carolina state house of representatives</a> from Washington County, 1887, 1891, 1909, 1913-14. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="558.08.91">Snell, Conrad P.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Montgomery County 2nd District, 1851. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="207.09.67">Snell, Earl Wilcox</a> (1895-1947)</b> — also known as <b>Earl Snell</b> — of Arlington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/GI-lived.html">Gilliam County</a>, Ore. Born near Olex, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/GI-born.html">Gilliam County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/07-11.html">July 11, 1895</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/sos.html">Secretary of state of Oregon</a>, 1935-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Oregon</a>, 1943-47; died in office 1947. While flying to southern Oregon on a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/hunting.html">hunting trip</a>, along with Secretary of State <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farrell.html#970.19.81">Robert S. Farrell, Jr.</a> and State Senate President <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cornellus-corry.html#953.53.26">Marshall E. Cornett</a>, was killed when the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">small plane crashed</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/weather.html">stormy weather</a> near Dog Lake, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/LK-died.html">Lake County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1947/10-28.html">October 28, 1947</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/52.html">52 years, 109 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MA-buried.html#cms05224">Belcrest Memorial Park</a>, Salem, Ore. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/earl-wilcox-snell/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="676.45.04">Snell, Emory J.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-lived.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y. Prohibition candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Herkimer County, 1909. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="735.11.16">Snell, Francis M.</a></b> — of Spanish Fork, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/UT-lived.html">Utah County</a>, Utah. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/ofc/spanishfork.html#2">Spanish Fork, Utah</a>, 1901. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="758.97.89">Snell, Mrs. Frank Hiram</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1920/DC.html">1920</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/DC.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="868.97.96">Snell, Frederick J.</a></b> — of Flint, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/GE-lived.html">Genesee County</a>, Mich. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from Genesee County 2nd District, 1961. Still living as of 1961. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="553.52.74">Snell, George W.</a></b> — of Kansas. Conservative. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Kansas</a>, 1966. Still living as of 1966. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="392.71.55">Snell, Hamlin V.</a></b> — of Tampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/tampa.html">Mayor of Tampa, Fla.</a>, 1861-62. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="038.73.07">Snell, Hilary F.</a></b> — of Grand Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/MI.html">1968</a>. Still living as of 1968. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="927.79.06">Snell, Jacob</a></b> — of Tryon County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>), N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Tryon County, 1777-78. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="745.12.71">Snell, Jacob</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Montgomery County, 1797-1802; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/stsen.html">New York state senate</a>, 1802-05, 1806-10 (Western District 1802-05, Eastern District 1806-10). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="869.09.63">Snell, Jacob</a></b> — of Fonda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/NY.html">1896</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/NY.html">1904</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="234.56.90">Snell, James R.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Montgomery County, 1883. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="495.09.48">Snell, Jeremiah</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/MN-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Montgomery County, 1859. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="158.41.07">Snell, John P.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/HE-lived.html">Herkimer County</a>, N.Y. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/asmbly.html">New York state assembly</a> from Herkimer County, 1828. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="255.16.27">Snell, Lawrence W.</a> (b. 1870)</b> — of Highland Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Hamtramck, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/05-28.html">May 28, 1870</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/dairy.html">Dairy business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 2nd District, 1905-08; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 1st District, 1909-12. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/shriners.html">Shriners</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/maccabees.html">Maccabees</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/">1900</a> to Estelle M. Chamberlin.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="676.89.84">Snell, Lela R.</a></b> — of Rolla, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PH-lived.html">Phelps County</a>, Mo. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MO.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="535.52.97">Snell, M. K.</a></b> — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/houston.html#2">Houston, Tex.</a>, 1846-49. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="444.02.70">Snell, Rand</a></b> — of Florida. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Florida</a> 13th District, 1992. Still living as of 1992. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="412.77.67">Snell, Raymond</a></b> — of Blackman Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mich. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2000/MI.html">2000</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/blackman-twp.html">supervisor of Blackman Township, Michigan</a>, 2007. Still living as of 2007. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="788.25.83">Snell, Richard Edwin</a></b> — of Towanda, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BR-lived.html">Bradford County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/towanda.html#3">Towanda, Pa.</a>, 1958-87. Still living as of 1987. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="807.04.20">Snell, Stephen</a></b> — of Madison, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/MA-lived.html">Madison County</a>, Miss. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/2012/MS.html">2012</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="073.24.22">Snell, Thad S., Jr.</a> (1884-1941)</b> — of Ida Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ID-lived.html">Ida County</a>, Iowa. Born in Ida Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ID-born.html">Ida County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/12-12.html">December 12, 1884</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/IA.html">1916</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/IA.html">1928</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1928/committees.html">Committee on Rules and Order of Business</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Suffered a fatal <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, while <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/in-cars.html">driving his car</a>, in Ida Grove, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ID-died.html">Ida County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/04-14.html">April 14, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 123 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ID-buried.html#cms04744">Ida Grove Cemetery</a>, Ida Grove, Iowa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thaddeus Stevens Snell, Sr. and Dora Belle (Morey) Snell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1917/06-27.html">June 27, 1917</a>, to Catherine Noble.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/20751616">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="684.80.02">Snell, Truman A.</a></b> — of Carlinville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MP-lived.html">Macoupin County</a>, Ill. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/IL.html">1932</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="471.62.05">Snell, W. H.</a> (born c.1853)</b> — of Fairbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Neb. Born in Pennsylvania, about 1853. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/stsen.html">Nebraska state senate</a>, 1885-88. 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