Legislator Details


Wilber B. Snow
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Number of sessions served 3
Sessions served
Gender: Male
Age at election: 58

Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 10/19/1866
City: Alamo township
County: Kalamazoo county
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Death
Date: 2/15/1942
City: Vicksberg
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Marital Information:
Married: Luella Sanford, 1888, and have four children.

Number of Children: 4

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Biographical Sketch:
Engaged in farming and the shipping of livestock in Climax in 1892, leaving that place in 1909 and locating in Comstock, where he became interested in real estate and lumbering. Held the office of sheriff two terms and dairy and food commissioner one term, and was also president of the Comstock school board for two years. According to House Resolution No. 5, 1942 House Journal, p. 65, he died on 2/16/1942. He served 2 terms as the State Food Commissioner.

Notable Facts:
Republican and was elected to the legislature in 1924 and 1926, and re-elected November 6, 1928, by a vote of 8,616 to 2,341 for Edward W. Upham.

Sessions Served:

Fifty-Fifth Legislature, 1929-1930
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Aeronautics, General Taxation , Girls' Training School, State Library , Kalamazoo State Hospital
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City of Residence: Comstock
County of Residence Kalamazoo
District: Kalamazoo 2
District Description: Township of Alamo, Brady, Charleston, Climax, Comstock, Cooper, Kalamazoo, Oshemo, Pavilion, Portage, Prairie Ronde, Richland, Ross, Schoolcraft, Texas, and Wakeshma

Date Elected: 11/6/1928
Date Sworn In: 1/2/1929
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Reason for Leaving Office: Unknown
End of Term Status: Departed

Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of Aeronautics;
Fifty-Fourth Legislature, 1927-1928
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Aeronautics, Agriculture , Michigan Soldiers' Home , State Psychopathic Hospital
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City of Residence: Comstock
County of Residence Kalamazoo
District: Kalamazoo 2
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Date Elected: 11/2/1926
Date Sworn In: 1/5/1927
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Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected

Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Michigan Soldiers' Home
Fifty-Third Legislature, 1925-1926
Chamber: House
Party: Republican
Committees Served On: Apportionment , Industrial School for Boys , Private Corporations , Village Corporations
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City of Residence: Comstock
County of Residence Kalamazoo
District: Kalamazoo 2
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Date Elected: 11/4/1924
Date Sworn In: 1/7/1925
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Reason for Leaving Office: N/A
End of Term Status: Re-elected

Maritial Status: Married
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Bibliography:

Manual 1929, P. 705-706; Manual 1927, p. 659; Manual 1925, p. 615;
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