Charles A. Snyder

Charles A. Snyder (April 16, 1867 – December 7, 1931) was a Republican politician from Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He served as a Pennsylvania State Representative, Pennsylvania State Senator, then State Auditor General and finally State Treasurer.

Biography Snyder was born in Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania on April 16, 1867 to William Herb Snyder (1844–1910) and Leah Hoeffer Brua (1843–1921). His father served in the Union Army in both the 108th and the 172nd companies of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiments. Snyder was educated in public schools and private schools; read for the law and was admitted to the Schuylkill County Bar in 1889. Snyder then ran for Pennsylvania State Treasurer, winning and serving from 1921 to 1924. He was also elected as Chairman of the State Workmen’s Compensation Board in 1921.

His statewide elected political career ended in 1924 when he lost the election to return to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1924. Snyder did receive an appointment as special deputy, Pennsylvania Auditor General's office (1925–1926).

However, Snyder returned to local politics and was elected District Attorney for Schuylkill County in 1927 and was re-elected in 1931 but died suddenly on December 7, 1931, in his office in Pottsville, on the day before he was to be sworn in for his second term. He was 64 years old and as noted by Governor Gifford Pinchot, a "no more vital and colorful figure has existed in my time in Pennsylvania politics."