Edgar Snowden Jr. Explained

Edgar Snowden Jr. was an American 19th-century newspaper editor and state legislator in Virginia.[1] He served in the Virginia Senate representing Alexandria, Fairfax and Loudoun Counties along with Thomas E. Taylor.[2]

He worked at his father Edgar's Alexandria Gazette newspaper.[3] He was an organizing officer of the Manassas Gap Railroad.[4] He served as an assistant postmaster.[5] [6]

The Union Army used him and others as human shields on rail lines.[7] His paper was pressured by Union authorities not to recognize the legislature in Richmond.[8] Snowden was succeeded in the legislature by Henry Wirtz Thomas.

He was involved with the Alexandria Library Company.[9] Carrol H. Quenzel wrote a biographical sketch about him.[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Journal of the Senate of Virginia. Virginia General Assembly. Senate. November 16, 1870. Commonwealth of Virginia. Google Books.
  2. Web site: Annual Reports of Officers, Boards and Institutions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. November 16, 1918. Google Books. Virginia .
  3. Book: Cronin, Mary M.. An Indispensable Liberty: The Fight for Free Speech in Nineteenth-Century America. March 9, 2016. SIU Press. 9780809334735 . Google Books.
  4. Web site: Annual Reports of Officers, Boards and Institutions of the Commonwealth of Virginia. November 16, 1855. Google Books. Virginia .
  5. Web site: Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session. United States Congress. House. November 16, 1877. Google Books.
  6. Web site: Congressional Directory. United States. Congress. November 16, 1876. U.S. Government Printing Office. Google Books.
  7. Book: Alexandria, 1861-1865. Charles A.. Mills. Andrew L.. Mills. November 16, 2008. Arcadia Publishing. 9780738553443 . Google Books.
  8. Web site: The Record of News, History and Literature. November 16, 1863. West & Johnston. Google Books.
  9. Book: The Alexandria Library Company . 9780979272004 . Seale . William . 2007 .
  10. Web site: The Publishers Weekly .
  11. Web site: Quenzel, Carrol H. 1906-1968 (Carrol Hunter) [WorldCat Identities]].

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