Jefferson B. Snyder
| Jefferson B. Snyder | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for Madison Parish | |
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In office 1892–1893 |
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| Preceded by |
G. M. Bedford |
| Succeeded by | W. T. King |
| District Attorney of the 6th Judicial District of Louisiana | |
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In office December 1904 – 1948 |
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| Succeeded by | Thompson L. Clarke |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
January 19, 1859 St. Joseph, Tensas Parish Louisiana |
| Died | October 18, 1951 (aged 92) Vicksburg, Warren County Mississippi |
| Cause of death | Lengthy illness |
| Resting place | Silver Cross Cemetery in Tallulah, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Never married |
| Relations | Robert H. Snyder |
| Residence | Tallulah, Louisiana |
| Alma mater | Tulane University Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer; District attorney |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
G. M. Bedford
Jefferson B. Snyder, known as Jeff Snyder (January 19, 1859 – October 18, 1951), was a lawyer and politician from the Mississippi River delta country of northeastern Louisiana. Snyder became a virtual political boss of Madison, Tensas, and East Carroll parishes; his leadership was rarely challenged, and politicians courted his endorsements.
Snyder and his older brother, Robert H. Snyder, were born in St. Joseph, the Tensas Parish seat of government. Robert "Bob" Snyder served as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana from 1896 to 1900 and as Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1904 until his death in office late in 1905. Though Bob Snyder had early formal education and attained higher office in a shorter life span than his younger brother, Jeff Snyder, was a political figure for more than forty-five years. Largely self-educated, he worked in his younger years as a toll collector at a bridge, as a clerk in a store, and as a Tensas Parish deputy sheriff.
In 1879, Snyder was part of a posse that chased the Jesse James gang, whose members robbed two stores in far western Mississippi, at Washington in Adams County and Fayette in Jefferson County. The gang absconded with $2,000 cash in the second robbery and took shelter in abandoned cabins on the Kemp Plantation south of St. Joseph. With deputy Snyder included, the posse attacked and killed two of the outlaws but failed to capture the entire gang. Jesse James would live another three years until his demise in, coincidentally, another St. Joseph in northwestern Missouri.
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