Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Snapp, Howard M 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

HOWARD M. SNAPP. As a potential factor in the work of the Republican party, 
Mr. Snapp is well known throughout this county. While he has never been a 
candidate for public office and has not sought official honors, he has 
nevertheless wielded a strong influence in all party matters and has perhaps 
accomplished more than any other citizen to secure victory for Republican 
principles in this locality. In 1884 he was made secretary of the county 
central committee, an office that he filled with efficiency until 1892, when 
he was promoted to the chairmanship of the committee. It is said that he has 
held this position for a longer period than any of his predecessors. In 1896 
he was chosen a delegate to the national Republican convention in St. Louis, 
when William McKinley was nominated for president, and he has frequently been 
a delegate to conventions of lesser importance. In Joliet, where he now 
resides, Mr. Snapp was born September 27, 1855, a son of Hon. Henry Snapp. His 
education was obtained in local schools and in Chicago University. At the 
close of the junior year he left the university and took up the study of law 
in the office of Hill & Dibell, continuing to read with that firm until he was 
admitted to the bar, in 1878, at Ottawa. From that time until 1888 he was with 
his father and Mr. Breckenridge, and later, with his father, formed the law 
firm of Snapp & Snapp, which partnership continued until the retirement of the 
firm's senior member in 1890. Since then Mr. Snapp has been alone. In addition 
to his private practice he has held the office of master in chancery since 
1884, having been first chosen by Judge McRoberts and afterward reappointed 
every two years. Fraternally Mr. Snapp is a member of Matteson Lodge, A. F. & 
A. M., also the chapter and council, Mount Joliet Commandery No. 4, K. T., and 
Medinah Temple, N. M. S., of Chicago. His marriage in Kansas City, Kans., 
united him with Miss Alice Halsey, who was born in Henrietta, N. Y., a member 
of a prominent old family of Monroe County. Three children comprise their 
family, Dorrance, Helen and Howard M., Jr.

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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