Statewide County WI Archives Biographies.....SCHNEIDER, GEORGE J.  October 30, 1877 - 
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REPRESENTATIVES 

NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

Langlade, Forest, Florence, Marinette, Oconto, Outagamie,
Brown, Kewaunee and. Door counties.

GEORGE J. SCHNEIDER (Rep.) was born in the town of Grand
Chute, Outagamie county, October 30th, 1877. Educated in the
public schools of Appleton where he has always made his home.
He is a paper maker by trade. For twelve years, was Vice-
President of the International Brotherhood of Paper Makers
Union, a position which required extensive traveling both in
this country and Canada. As a delegate, he attended several
conventions of the American Federation of Labor. He was twice
elected a member of the Executive Board of the Wisconsin
Federation of Labor. He was chosen in convention by the
Farmer-Labor and Progressive forces of the district as their
candidate for congress and , secured the nomination in the
primaries over two opponents, Elmer S. Hall, Secretary of
State, and Circuit Judge Henry Graass. He was elected to the
68th Congress, November 7, 1922, receiving 35,117 votes,
against 22,105 by his opponent Judge Henry Graass, who ran as
an independent.

Additional Comments:
The Wisconsin Blue Book. The State Printing Board, 1923. 598-
640. 

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