William Preston Snyder | |
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Pennsylvania Auditor General | |
In office 1904–1907 | |
Preceded by | Edmund B. Hardenbergh |
Succeeded by | Robert K. Young |
President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania State Senate | |
In office 1899–1902 | |
Preceded by | Daniel Spindler Walton |
Succeeded by | John Morin Scott |
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate from the 19th district | |
In office 1893–1904 | |
Preceded by | Septimus Evans Nivin |
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the Chester County district | |
In office 1891–1892 Serving with David H. Branson and Joseph G. West | |
Preceded by | Lewis H. Evans, John Hickman, William W. McConnell, D. Smith Talbot |
Succeeded by | D. Smith Talbot, John H. Marshall, Thomas J. Philips, Daniel Foulke Moore, Plummer E. Jefferis |
Personal details | |
Born | East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, U.S. | October 7, 1851
Died | June 18, 1920 Kimberton, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 68)
Resting place | East Village Reformed Cemetery Spring City, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Elisabeth Friday (m. 1876) |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | Millersville State Normal School, Ursinus College, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
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William Preston Snyder (October 7, 1851 – June 18, 1920) was an American physician and politician who served as President Pro Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1899–1902 and Pennsylvania Auditor General from 1904–1907. He was a member of the Republican Party from Chester County. In 1908, Snyder was convicted in a graft scandal involving the furnishing of the Pennsylvania State Capitol and received a two-year prison sentence for conspiracy to defraud the state.[1][2]