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Jacob Buehler Snider
23rd Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
In office
January 26, 1936 – January 16, 1940
GovernorHugh L. White
Preceded byDennis Murphree
Succeeded byDennis Murphree
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Tate County district
In office
January 1928 – January 1932
Personal details
Born(1886-06-17)June 17, 1886
Grenada, Mississippi, US
DiedMarch 15, 1966(1966-03-15) (aged 79)
Pascagoula, Mississippi, US
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseAnnette
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1916–1918
Rank Private
Battles/warsWorld War I

Jacob Buehler Snider Jr. (June 17, 1886 – March 15, 1966) was an American politician from Mississippi. Snider served as Mississippi's 23rd Lieutenant Governor from 1936 to 1940 under Governor Hugh L. White.

Biography

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Jacob Buehler Snider, Jr. was born on June 17, 1886, in Grenada, Mississippi.[1][2][3] He was the son of Jacob Buehler Snider Sr. (who was of German descent) and Susie Virginia Still, and had two sisters.[4] Snider attended the public schools of Grenada.[4] He entered the printing business in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1902.[5] He then owned and printed newspapers in Arkansas, New Mexico, and Colorado, before returning to Mississippi in 1909.[5] He was the managing editor of the Natchez News in 1912 and 1913.[5] He then moved to Senatobia, Mississippi, where he "established a chain of nine newspapers in Mississippi and Tennessee".[5]

He enlisted in the United States Army in World War I, and left for Camp Hancock on July 2, 1918.[3][4] At Camp Hancock, Snider was commissioned a Captain after passing the Central Machine Gun officers' training school.[4] He fought in the war until the armistice on November 11, and returned to Senatobia on December 23, 1918.[4]

In 1924, Snider was elected mayor of Senatobia, Mississippi.[4] During his tenure as mayor, he helped fix a monetary deficit in the municipal power and light plant.[4] He resigned from his mayor office on January 1, 1928[4] as he then represented Tate County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1928 to 1932.[6][2] During this term, Snider chaired the Municipalities Committee.[4] From 1936 to 1940, Snider served as the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi.[3] In 1939, Snider unsuccessfully sought the Mississippi Democratic Party's nomination for Governor.[7] He died on March 15, 1966, in Pascagoula, Mississippi.[1][3]

Personal life

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Snider was raised as an Episcopalian but around 1914 became a Methodist due to there being no Episcopalian church in Senatobia.[4] Snider married Annette Foster on July 4, 1917.[4] They had one daughter, who married Hugh Oliver.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Jacob Snider in Social Security Death Index". Fold3. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Mississippi. Legislature (January 1, 1936). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1936]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Obituary for J B Snider Jr". Sun Herald. March 16, 1966. p. 2. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Snider at helm as New Officer; Family Pioneers". Clarion-Ledger. January 21, 1936. p. 19. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d "North Mississippi Publisher In Announcement Daily Register Purchase and Active Direction". The Clarksdale Press Register. December 28, 1936. p. 1. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  6. ^ Mississippi. Legislature (January 1, 1928). "Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1928]". Mississippi Legislature Hand Books.
  7. ^ "Mississippi race for Governor to attract big list". Woodville Republican. November 19, 1938. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
Political offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
1936–1940 		Succeeded by


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