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About this object
Wisconsin Historical Society
SCHNEIDER, George John
About this object
1877–1939
Biography
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.
View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
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Wisconsin Historical Society
Archives Division
Madison, WI
Papers:
In the Matthew J. Burns Papers, 1939-1965, 0.3 cubic foot.
Subjects include George J. Schneider.
Papers:
In the Herman L. Ekern Papers, 1888-1954, 36.4 cubic feet.
Persons represented include George J. Schneider.
Oral History:
In the John K. Kyle Interview [sound recording], 1976-1978, 24 tape recordings.
Subjects include George J. Schneider.
Papers:
In the Harold T.I. Shannon Papers, 1924-1940, 0.4 cubic foot.
Correspondents include George J. Schneider.
Papers:
In the Samuel Sigman Papers, 1922-1953, 2 cubic feet.
Subjects include George J. Schneider.
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