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Snowden, James Ross

numismatist, congressman, author, was born in 1810 in Chester, Pa. He was speaker of the house of representatives of Pennsylvania from 1842 to 1844. He was state treasurer from 1845 to 1847; was treasurer of the United States mint from 1847 to 1850, and director of the same from 1853 to 1861. He published Descriptions of Coins in the United States Mint; Description of Medals in the United States Mint; The Mint at Philadelphia; Coins of the Bible; and The Corn Planter Memorial. He was also the author of the Articles on Coins of the United States in the National Almanac of 1873, and many pamphlets on the subject.

He died March 21, 1878, in Hulmeville, Pa.