Henry Snapp was a U.S. Representative

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 from Illinois

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, father of Howard Malcolm Snapp.

Born in Livonia, New York

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, Snapp moved with his parents to Rochester, New York

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, in 1825.
He attended the common schools of that city.
He moved to Homer, Illinois

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, in 1833, where he completed his common-school education.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1843 and commenced practice in Joliet, Illinois

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.
He served as member of the State senate from 1869 to 1871.

Snapp was elected as a Republican

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 to the Forty-second

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 Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Burton C. Cook and served from December 4, 1871, to March 3, 1873.
He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1872.
He resumed the practice of his profession in Joliet, Illinois

Joliet, Illinois

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, where he died on November 26, 1895.
He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.