John F. Snodgrass

John Fryall Snodgrass (March 2, 1804 – June 5, 1854) was a U.S. Representative from Virginia.

Biography[]

Snodgrass was born in Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia) to William Snodgrass and Ann Fryatt Snodgrass. He completed preparatory studies, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1843.^[1] He began the practice of law in Parkersburg, Virginia. Snodgrass served as delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1850.^[2]

Snodgrass was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third Congress and served from March 4, 1853, until his death in Parkersburg (now West Virginia) on June 5, 1854.^[3]

Personal life[]

Snodgrass was married to Louisa Kinnaird Snodgrass and they had three children, John William Snodgrass, Kinnaird Snodgrass and Mary Louisa Snodgrass Murphy.^[4]

Death and legacy[]

He is interred in Riverview Cemetery in Parkersburg. There is a cenotaph in his honor in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.^[5]

See also[]

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References[]

External links[]

• United States Congress. "John F. Snodgrass (id: S000656)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The Political Graveyard
• John F. Snodgrass at Find a Grave

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