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Encyclopedia > Vic Snyder
Victor F. Snyder
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from
Arkansas's 2nd district
Term of office:
1997 - present
Political party:

Democrat from house. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,732 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ... Arkansass 2nd congressional district is currently represented by Vic Snyder. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ...

Preceded by: Ray Thornton
Succeeded by: Incumbent
Born: September 27, 1947
Medford, Oregon

Victor F. Snyder (born September 27, 1947) is the Democratic United States Congressman from the 2nd Congressional District of Arkansas (map). September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Medford is a city located in Jackson County, Oregon. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ... Official language(s) English Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Area  Ranked 29th  - Total 53,179 sq mi (137,732 km²)  - Width 239 miles (385 km)  - Length 261 miles (420 km)  - % water 2. ...


Vic Snyder was born in Medford, Oregon. He is a graduate of Medford High School (1965) and attended college at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. After attending college for two years, in 1967 Snyder volunteered for the United States Marine Corps. He served in Vietnam with Headquarters Company of the US 1st Marine Division during the Vietnam War, attaining the rank of Corporal. Snyder earned a degree in Chemistry in 1975 from Willamette and earned his medical degree from the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center (now Oregon Health & Science University) in Portland, Oregon in 1979. Medford is a city located in Jackson County, Oregon. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Willamette University is a private institution of higher learning located in Salem, Oregon. ... Flag Nickname: The Cherry City Location Location in the state of Oregon Coordinates: , Government County Marion County, Polk County Founded 1842 Mayor Janet Taylor Geographical characteristics Area     City 120. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... This article is becoming very long. ... The 1st Marine Division is the oldest, largest (active duty), and most decorated division-sized unit in the United States Marine Corps representing a combat-ready force of more than 19,000 men and women. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries, police forces or other uniformed organizations around the world. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is the present-day (2005) name for a university that can trace its roots back to the 1860s. ... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown, PDX Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851 Mayor Tom Potter Area    - City 376. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...


Snyder moved to Little Rock, Arkansas and served his residency at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. In 1982 after completing his residency he worked as a family practice physician for 15 years. During this time he travelled overseas to volunteer his medical services at Cambodian refugee camps in Thailand, Salvadoran refugee camps in Honduras, and Ethiopian refugee camps in Sudan. Nickname: Rocktown, The Rock, Capital City Coordinates: Country United States State Arkansas County Pulaski Founded 1821 Incorporated 1831 Mayor Jim Dailey Area    - City 302. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


From 1985 to 1988 Snyder attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to obtain his law degree while still maintaining his medical practice. In 1990 he successfully ran for a seat in the Arkansas legislature and served in that body until 1996. In the Arkansas congress, Snyder was responsible for getting the repeal of the state's aged "Sodomy Laws". 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dickinson Hall University of Arkansas at Little Rock is the second largest university, by enrollment, in Arkansas. ... This article is about the year. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...


Snyder was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996 and was reelected in 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004. Snyder focuses on many traditionally liberal issues, including a particular interest in support for veteran's and military families, serving on the House Committee on Veteran's Affairs and the House Armed Services Committee. He has a fairly liberal voting record for being an elected politician from the South and otherwise conservative-leaning Arkansas. Snyder voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment, the ban on partial-birth abortions, banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers and distributors, bankruptcy reform, drilling in ANWR, and the authorization of force in Iraq, many of these positions however are supported by Democrats from Southern states. In addition, Snyder was one of only two Congressmen to vote against prosecuting Saddam Hussein. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up liberal on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Liberal may refer to: Politics: Liberalism American liberalism, a political trend in the USA Political progressivism, a political ideology that is for change, often associated with liberal movements Liberty, the condition of being free from control or restrictions Liberal Party, members of... Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (Arabic: , [1]; born April 28, 1937[2]), was the President of Iraq from July 16, 1979 until April 9, 2003, when he was deposed during the United States-led invasion of Iraq. ...


Snyder married The Reverend Betsy Singleton, a United Methodist minister, in 2003. Together they have one child, a son, Charles Pennington Snyder born May 23, 2006. The United Methodist Church is the largest Methodist denomination, and the second-largest Protestant one, in the United States. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Despite his wife's yearly blessing of the animals, Snyder remains unfriendly to animal rights and animal protection legislation. In 2006, he was one of only a few liberal representatives to vote against protecting American horses from slaughter for consumption by humans in Europe and Asia.


In 2006, he sponsored a bill that would have allowed non-U.S. born citizens to run for President of the United States.


In response to the Representative Mark Foley scandal, Snyder said that the "allegations raise a lot of questions that need to be answered". Mark Foley The Mark Foley scandal, which broke in late September 2006, centers on sexually explicit and solicitative e-mails and instant messages sent by Mark Foley, a Republican Congressman from Florida, to congressional pages and former pages. ...


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  Results from FactBites:
 
Vic Snyder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (556 words)
Snyder was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996 and was reelected in 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004.
Snyder voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment, the ban on partial-birth abortions, banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers and distributors, bankruptcy reform, drilling in ANWR, and the authorization of force in Iraq, many of these positions however are supported by Democrats from Southern states.
Snyder married The Reverend Betsy Singleton, a United Methodist minister, in 2003.
Snyder handily wins third term in House (674 words)
Snyder won seven of the eight counties in the district: Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Pulaski, Saline, Van Buren and Yell.
Snyder's victory margin was highest in Yell County, where he won with 64 percent of the vote.
Snyder will return to Washington as the member of the minority party in the U.S. House of Representatives, a status he's had ever since he was first elected to Congress.
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