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Gustav A. Schneebeli - Wikipedia

Gustav Adolphus Schneebeli (May 23, 1853 – February 6, 1923) was an American businessman and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania from 1905 to 1907.

Gustav A. Schneebeli
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 26th district
In office
March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907
Preceded byJoseph H. Shull
Succeeded byJ. Davis Brodhead
Personal details
Born
Gustav Adolphus Schneebeli

(1853-05-23)May 23, 1853
Neusalz, Prussian Silesia
DiedFebruary 6, 1923(1923-02-06) (aged 69)
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeMoravian Cemetery
Political partyRepublican

Biography

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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.

Career

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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.

Congress

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Schneebeli was elected as a Republican to the 59th Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1906.

Later career and death

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He continued in the lace manufacturing business until his death in Nazareth in 1923. Interment in Moravian Cemetery.

Sources

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  • United States Congress. "Gustav A. Schneebeli (id: S000134)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 26th congressional district

1905–1907
Succeeded by