Homer P. Snyder

Homer Peter Snyder ( born December 6, 1863 in Amsterdam, New York, † December 30, 1937 in Little Falls, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1915 and 1925 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Homer Snyder attended the common schools and worked in various capacities in Strickereibetrieben. In 1887 he moved to Little Falls, where he was still active in the industry. Since 1890 he has been involved in the production of working textiles; later he made bicycles and other vehicles here. He was also vice president of the Little Falls National Bank. In 1895, he was a school commissioner and in the years 1910 and 1911 he was fire and police commissioner of the city of Little Falls. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In 1916 and 1920 he participated as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions relevant. In 1912 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet.

In the congressional elections of 1914, Snyder was but then on the 33rd electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Democrats Charles A. Talcott on March 4, 1915. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1925 five legislative sessions. During his time in Congress, the First World War fell. Also, were ratified in 1919 and 1920, the 18th and the 19th Amendment. It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages as well as the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage. Between 1919 and 1925, Snyder was chairman of the Indian Committee. Since 1923, he headed the Committee on World War Veterans ' Legislation. In 1924 he supported the Indian Citizenship Act, which was also known under the name Snyder Act.

In the same year Homer Snyder gave up another Congress candidate. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he took his previous activities on again. He died on December 30, 1937 in Little Falls, where he was also buried.