Governor Simon Snyder

1759 - 1819  (60 years)

• Name	Simon Snyder
  Title	Governor
  Birth	5 Nov 1759	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1808-1817	Pennsylvania, USA
  	3rd Governor of Pennsylvania
  Death	9 Nov 1819	Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Old Lutheran Cemetery, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I27934	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2023

  
  

  Children	+ 1. Antes Snyder,   b. 12 Jan 1805, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Dec 1861, Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F10109	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2023

  
  

• Notes

  3rd Pennsylvania Governor. He was a successful store and grist mill owner and served as elected Justice of the Peace of Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate to the Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, (1789 to 1790) and was a member of the Pennsylvania State Assembly, (1797-1804, 1806 to 1807). In 1808, he was elected as a Democrat-Republican the 3rd Governor of Pennsylvania, serving until 1817. During his three terms, he helped his State deal with the problems of through and after the War of 1812. After leaving office, he was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1818 and he died before taking office. Snyder County, Pennsylvania, Snyder Avenue-Snyder station in South Philadelphia & Snyder Hall at Penn State University (PSU) is named after him.

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10611522/simon-snyder.