Gene Snowden | |
Office: | Mayor of Huntington, Indiana |
Term Start: | 1992 |
Term End: | 1996 |
Predecessor: | Ronald Schenkel[1] |
Successor: | Bob Kyle |
State Senate2: | Indiana |
State2: | Indiana |
District2: | 17th |
Term Start2: | November 8, 1972 |
Term End2: | August 22, 1983 |
Predecessor2: | Joseph William Harrison[2] |
Successor2: | Harold "Potch" Hugh Wheeler |
State Senate3: | Indiana |
State3: | Indiana |
District3: | 8th |
Term Start3: | November 9, 1966 |
Term End3: | November 8, 1972 |
Predecessor3: | Galen Alvin Colclesser[3] |
Successor3: | John Franklin Shawley[4] |
Office4: | Member of the Indiana House of Representatives from Huntington County |
Term Start4: | November 4, 1964 |
Term End4: | November 9, 1966 |
Predecessor4: | George William Stocksdale[5] |
Successor4: | Arthur Paul Coblentz |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1928 |
Birth Place: | Huntington, Indiana, U.S. |
Death Place: | Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Occupation: | store manager, insurance/real estate |
Alma Mater: | Olivet Nazarene College |
Gene E. Snowden (April 7, 1928 – June 10, 2019) was an American politician from the state of Indiana. A Republican, he served in the Indiana House of Representatives and Indiana State Senate in a legislative career spanning from 1964 until his resignation in 1983.[6] [7] He was president pro tempore of the Senate from 1979 to 1980.[8] He served as a Huntington, Indiana City Councilman from 1962 to 1964.[9] He was elected County Auditor in 1988 and Mayor in 1992.[10] He lost reelection as Mayor to Bob Kyle in 1995. It was his first election loss.[11] Gene Snowden died on June 10, 2019.[12]