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Gregory Snyder

American politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ5607168 ↗
Source-derived summary

Gregory M. Snyder (born April 11, 1953) is a former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He is now commissioned as a judge in the Court of Common Pleas of York County, Pennsylvania.

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The public source identifies “Gregory Snyder” as american politician. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Gregory, Snyder and American.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1953—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1953-04-11. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Gregory, Snyder and American providing the first useful test.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5607168. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1953.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gregory Snyder” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.