Leslie Perkins Snow Explained

Birth Date:19 October 1862
Birth Place:Eaton, New Hampshire
Death Place:Rochester, New Hampshire
Occupation:Jurist
Signature:Signature of Leslie Perkins Snow (1862–1934).png
Party:Republican
Office1:Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
Term Start1:1921
Term End1:1932
Office2:President of the New Hampshire Senate
Term2:1921
Office3:Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Term Start3:1887
Term End3:1888

Leslie Perkins Snow (October 19, 1862 – March 16, 1934) was a justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1921 to 1932.

Biography

Leslie Perkins Snow was born in Eaton, New Hampshire on October 19, 1862.[1] He became a schoolteacher by the age of 16. He received a BA from Dartmouth College and a law degree from George Washington University (then called Columbian College) in 1891.[2] [3] He gained admission to the bar in Maryland in 1891, and in New Hampshire the following year.[3] He became prominent in law and business.[3]

A Republican, Snow was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1887 to 1888.[1]

He married Susan E. Currier on November 28, 1888, and they had two children. She died on June 6, 1892, and he remarried to her sister Norma C. Currier on June 27, 1894.[1]

In 1919, he was president of the New Hampshire Bar Association.[4] Snow served in the New Hampshire Senate, becoming President of the Senate by 1921. On April 8, 1921, Governor Albert O. Brown announced Snow's nomination to the state supreme court.[5]

Snow retired from the court in 1932 at the mandatory age of 70, and died at his home in Rochester from a heart attack on March 16, 1934.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: One Thousand New Hampshire Notables . Henry Harrison . Metcalf . Frances M. . Abbott . The Rumford Printing Company . 337 . 1919 . 2023-03-02 . Internet Archive.
  2. News: Judge Leslie P. Snow . . 4 . March 17, 1934 . 2023-03-02 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: Leslie P. Snow: Prominent New Hampshire Jurist Dies of Heart Attack . . Rochester, New Hampshire . AP . 8 . March 16, 1934 . 2023-03-02 . Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: Past NHBA Presidents. New Hampshire Bar Association. October 5, 2021.
  5. News: Leslie P. Snow for N. H. Supreme Bench . . Concord, New Hampshire . 16 . April 8, 1921 . 2023-03-02 . Newspapers.com.