Marion Eugene Snyder was an American politician

Politics of the United States

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 elected as a Republican

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 to the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 from two different districts in Kentucky

Kentucky

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Snyder was born in Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

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 and attended public schools there, having graduated from duPont Manual High School. He studied at the University of Louisville

University of Louisville

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 and graduated from the Jefferson School of Law

Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

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. He began a career as a lawyer in Louisville in 1950. He became the city attorney in Jeffersontown

Jeffersontown, Kentucky

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 in 1954, a post that he held for some four years. Snyder was elected as the magistrate for the first district of Jefferson County

Jefferson County, Kentucky

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 in the fall of 1957 and was re-elected in 1961. He also had several business interests in farming, real estate

Real estate

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, insurance

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, and construction

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Snyder was elected to the House of Representatives from Kentucky's 3rd congressional district

Kentucky's 3rd congressional district

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, based in Louisville, in 1962. He was one of the few Republicans to vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1964

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. A Barry M. Goldwater supporter, he was unseated in 1964 after only one term by former Louisville Mayor Charlie Farnsley

Charles R. Farnsley

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, amid the gigantic Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

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-Hubert H. Humphrey

Hubert Humphrey

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 Democratic

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 landslide that year.

Snyder then moved to Oldham County

Oldham County, Kentucky

As of the census of 2000, there were 46,178 people, 14,856 households, and 12,196 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 15,541 housing units at an average density of...

, which was in the neighboring 4th District

Kentucky's 4th congressional district

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, and immediately prepared for a run against 11-term incumbent Frank Chelf

Frank Chelf

Frank Leslie Chelf was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born on a farm near Elizabethtown, Kentucky. He attended the public schools as well as Centre College at Danville, Kentucky and St. Mary’s College...

 in 1966. The 4th was rapidly trending Republican because of an influx of new residents from Cincinnati. He took full advantage of this trend and defeated Chelf by almost eight points. He was reelected nine times from this district. In 1984

United States House elections, 1984

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 Democrat Pat Mulloy ran a surprisingly strong campaign and almost unseated Snyder; only Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

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's landslide win

United States presidential election, 1984

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 in Kentucky (by almost twenty points) helped Snyder remain in office. Rather than face Mulloy again, Snyder chose not to seek re-election in 1986

United States House elections, 1986

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The portion of I-265

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 in Kentucky is named for Gene Snyder, as is the federal courthouse building in Louisville. A general aviation

General aviation

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 airport

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 near Falmouth, Kentucky

Falmouth, Kentucky

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 (K62) also bears his name.

Snyder died in Naples, Florida

Naples, Florida

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(as Marion G. "Gene" Snyder)