Meredith P. Snyder
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Meredith Pinxton Snyder was the 23rd Mayor of Los Angeles, California, USA, serving 1896–1898, 1900–1904 and 1919–1921. He was president of the California Guarantee Corporation and the Texas Gasoline Company.
Snyder was nicknamed "Pinkie." He and his wife, May Ross Snyder, had a child, Ross Snyder, who died as a captain during World War I
.
A Democrat, he was a city councilman from 1894 to 1896 and then was mayor for three terms before moving to a farm in the San Joaquin Valley. He "was almost as well known in San Francisco as he was in Los Angeles," the Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express wrote on April 8, 1937. The former mayor was urged during the 1913 California gubernatorial race to run as the Democratic nominee. In 1919 he was elected to his final term in Los Angeles City Hall, and in that period he was awarded the Order of Leopold II
by the Belgian King and Queen, Albert I
and Elisabeth.
Snyder died April 7, 1937, of a heart attack in his Jonathan Club
residence.
See contemporary newspaper obituaries of Snyder from the Los Angeles in the 1900s Web site.
Snyder was nicknamed "Pinkie." He and his wife, May Ross Snyder, had a child, Ross Snyder, who died as a captain during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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A Democrat, he was a city councilman from 1894 to 1896 and then was mayor for three terms before moving to a farm in the San Joaquin Valley. He "was almost as well known in San Francisco as he was in Los Angeles," the Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express wrote on April 8, 1937. The former mayor was urged during the 1913 California gubernatorial race to run as the Democratic nominee. In 1919 he was elected to his final term in Los Angeles City Hall, and in that period he was awarded the Order of Leopold II
Order of Leopold II
The Order of Leopold II is an order of Belgium and is named in honor of King Léopold II. The decoration was established on 24 August 1900 by Leopold II as king of the Congo Free State and was in 1908, upon Congo being handed over to Belgium, incorporated into the Belgian awards system...
by the Belgian King and Queen, Albert I
Albert I of Belgium
Albert I reigned as King of the Belgians from 1909 until 1934.-Early life:Born Albert Léopold Clément Marie Meinrad in Brussels, he was the fifth child and second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and his wife, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen...
and Elisabeth.
Snyder died April 7, 1937, of a heart attack in his Jonathan Club
Jonathan Club
The Jonathan Club is a private social club in Los Angeles, California, U.S. It maintains two clubhouses, one in downtown Los Angeles at 545 South Figueroa Street and one on the beach in Santa Monica. The Los Angeles headquarters has dining and residential facilities, ballrooms, a health club, a...
residence.
See contemporary newspaper obituaries of Snyder from the Los Angeles in the 1900s Web site.