Robert H. Snyder

Robert H. Snyder
23rd Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
In office 1896–1900
Governor	Murphy J. Foster
Preceded by	Hiram R. Lott
Succeeded by	Albert Estopinal, Sr.
Louisiana State Representative from Tensas Parish
In office 1890–1896
Preceded by	R. C. McCullough
Succeeded by	A. E. Newton
Louisiana State Representative from Tensas Parish
In office 1904–1905
Succeeded by	Samuel W. Martien
Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives
In office 1904–1905
Preceded by	Jared Y. Sanders, Sr.
Succeeded by	Joseph W. Hyams
Personal details
Born	July 13, 1855
Died	November 17, 1905 (aged 50)
Resting place	Natchez City Cemetery in Natchez, Mississippi
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Ella Carson Snyder
Relations	Brother, Jefferson B. Snyder
Residence	St. Joseph, Tensas Parish Louisiana, USA

Robert H. Snyder (July 13, 1855 – November 17, 1905)^[1] was a Democratic politician from St. Joseph,^[2] the parish seat of Tensas Parish in northeastern Louisiana.

Snyder served in the Louisiana House of Representatives for two nonconsecutive terms from 1890 to 1896 and from 1904 until his death in office. In the second stint in the House, he was Speaker, following Jared Y. Sanders, Sr., of St. Mary Parish, a future governor.^[3]

From 1896 to 1900, Snyder was lieutenant governor under Governor Murphy J. Foster, Sr., a favorite of the planter class. During this time, the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1898 was held.^[4] Snyder was defeated for lieutenant governor in 1900 by future U.S. Representative Albert Estopinal, Sr., of St. Bernard Parish.

Snyder's younger brother, Jefferson B. Snyder, was a native of Tensas Parish and district attorney from 1904 to 1945 in Tallulah in Madison Parish.^[5]

Snyder is interred at Natchez City Cemetery in Natchez, Mississippi.

References

1. Louisiana. Legislature. House of Representatives (1906). Official Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Representatives. Retrieved June 19, 2015.
2. Post Office directory, or, Business man's guide to the post offices in the United States. New York: J.H. Colton and Company, 1856. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
3. "Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012: Tensas Parish" (PDF). legis.la.gov. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
4. The convention of '98: a complete work on the greatest political event in Louisiana's history. New Orleans, Louisiana: Democratic State Central Committee. 1898. p. 65 total. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
5. James Matthew Reonas, Once Proud Princes: Planters and Plantation Culture in Louisiana's Northeast Delta, From the First World War Through the Great Depression (PDF). Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Ph.D. dissertation, December 2006, p. 268. Retrieved July 19, 2013.