Biography

07/13/1841 - 03/31/1899

Thomas Benton Schnatterly (D40) Fayette and Greene Counties 1879-1882 (D40) Fayette and Greene Counties 1887-1890

Early Life:

Thomas Benton Schnatterly, born July 13, 1841, Nicholson Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; son of John and Malinda Kendall Schnatterly; George’s Creek Academy; Mason Institute; Waynesburg College; teacher; studied law under Pennsylvania State Senator Thomas Searight, joined Fayette County bar, 1864; attorney, 1864-1899; elected, District Attorney, Fayette County, 1865-1868; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1870-1871; contractor, Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad, 1871-1872; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1877-1878; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1879-1882; contractor, Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad, 1882-1889; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1885-1886; elected, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1887-1890; editor, publisher, Uniontown Jeffersonian Democrat, 1889-1891; married, Mary Morrison; died, March 31, 1899 (aged 57), as an invalid for the final ten years of his life, Homeopathic Hospital, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania; interment, Oak Grove Cemetery, South Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, District Attorney, Fayette County, 1865-1868. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1870-1871.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1877-1878. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 40th district, Fayette and Greene Counties, 1879-1882; committee assignments, Constitutional Reform, Corporations, Legislative, Congressional, and Judicial Apportionment, Municipal Affairs, Railroads 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1885-1886. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 40th district, Fayette and Greene Counties, 1887-1890; Canals and Inland Navigation, Congressional Apportionment, Finance, Insurance, Judiciary (General), New Counties and County Seats. 

Pennsylvania State House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1881). Smull, W.P., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 674, 680-682, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 647.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1890). Cochran, T.B., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 697, 702-704, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 669.

Thomas Benton Schnatterly (1841-1899) - Find a Grave Memorial