Outagamie County, WI - Biography of George John Schneider of Grand Chute, Appleton
1877-1939

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Subject: Biography of George John Schneider of Grand Chute, Appleton 1877-1939
Submitter: County Coordinator
EMAIL: jmmarasch@aol.com
Date Submitted: Oct 19, 1999
Surnames: SCHNEIDER
Source: http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schmi-scotl.html#R9M0JC147;
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000137, 19 October 1999


Biography:
http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/schmi-scotl.html#R9M0JC147

Schneider, George John (1877-1939) of Appleton, Wis. Born in Grand Chute, Wis., October 30,
1877. U.S. Representative from Wisconsin, 1923-1933, 1935-1939 (9th District 1923-1933, 8th
District 1935-1939); alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Wisconsin 9th
District, 1924. Died while attending a labor meeting in Toledo, Ohio, March 12, 1939. Interment
at Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wis.

See also his congressional biography.
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000137
SCHNEIDER, George John, 1877-1939 
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SCHNEIDER, George John, a Representative from Wisconsin; born in the town of Grand Chute,
Outagamie County, Wis., October 30, 1877; moved to Appleton with his parents, attended the
public schools of Appleton, Wis.; learned the trade of paper making; vice president of the
International Brotherhood of Paper Makers 1909-1927; member of the executive board of the
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor 1921-1928; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-eighth
through Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress; elected as a Progressive to the Seventy-fourth
and Seventy-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress; resumed labor activities and died in Toledo,
Ohio, March 12, 1939, while attending a labor meeting; interment in Riverside Cemetery,
Appleton, Wis.