Gustav A. Schneebeli
Gustav A. Schneebeli | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 17th district | |
In office March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907 | |
Preceded by | Joseph H. Shull |
Succeeded by | J. Davis Brodhead |
Personal details | |
Born | Gustav Adolphus Schneebeli May 23, 1853 Neusalz, Prussian Silesia |
Died | February 6, 1923 Nazareth, Pennsylvania | (aged 69)
Political party | Republican |
Gustav Adolphus Schneebeli (May 23, 1853 – February 6, 1923), was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.
Schneebeli was born in Neusalz, Prussian Silesia. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He attended the Moravian Parochial School. They later moved to Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and entered upon a mercantile career. He founded the knit-goods industry of the Nazareth Waist Co. In 1888 he established a lace manufacturing company, of which he became sole owner.
Schneebeli was elected as a Republican to the 59th Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906. He continued in the lace manufacturing business until his death in Nazareth in 1923. Interment in Moravian Cemetery.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Gustav A. Schneebeli (id: S000134)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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