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| name=Marion Eugene "Gene" Snyder
| name=Marion Eugene "Gene" Snyder
| image=Gene Snyder of KY.jpg
| image=Gene Snyder of KY.jpg
| office=[[U.S. Representative]] for [[Kentucky]]'s 4th congressional district
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
| term_start=January 3, 1967
| term_start=January 3, 1967
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| residence=Oldham County, Kentucky
| residence=Oldham County, Kentucky
| alma_mater=[[University of Louisville]] <br />[[Louis D. Brandeis]] School of Law
| alma_mater=[[University of Louisville]] <br>[[Louis D. Brandeis]] School of Law
}}
}}
In 1962, he was elected to fill the Louisville-based 3rd congressional district. In his first term, he was one of the few House Republicans who voted against passage of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us]] Frank Chelf./congress/votes/88-1964/h128|title=H.R. 7152. PASSAGE.}}</ref> Later that year, Snyder, a [[Barry Goldwater]] supporter, was unseated by former Louisville Mayor Charles R. "Charlie" Farnsley in the [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] presidential landslide.
In 1962, he was elected to fill the Louisville-based 3rd congressional district. In his first term, he was one of the few House Republicans who voted against passage of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us]] Frank Chelf./congress/votes/88-1964/h128|title=H.R. 7152. PASSAGE.}}</ref> Later that year, Snyder, a [[Barry Goldwater]] supporter, was unseated by former Louisville Mayor Charles R. "Charlie" Farnsley in the [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] presidential landslide.
He then moved to [[suburb]]an Oldham County and in 1966 mounted a successful campaign for the 4th congressional district by unseating 11-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Representative Frank Chelf. Back in Congress, he voted for the [[Civil Rights Act of 1968]], which forbids racial discrimination in housing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES.}}</ref>
He then moved to [[suburb]]an Oldham County and in 1966 mounted a successful campaign for the 4th congressional district by unseating 11-term [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Representative Frank Chelf. Back in Congress, he voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which forbids racial discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516.}}</ref>
By that time, the 4th district was rapidly trending Republican because of an influx of new residents from [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]. The district absorbed most of the Kentucky side of the Cincinnati metro area in the 1960s round of redistricting. He took full advantage of this trend and defeated Chelf by almost eight points. Until 1984, he was re-elected. However, he faced a strong Democratic opponent to the seat from Pat Mulloy, who almost won despite the [[Ronald Reagan]] presidential landslide. Rather than face Mulloy again in 1986, Snyder chose not to seek his own eleventh term in the House. The seat then went to the Republican [[Jim Bunning]], a former Major League Baseball player, who in 1983 had been the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee against Democrat Martha Layne Collins.
By that time, the 4th district was rapidly trending Republican because of an influx of new residents from [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]]. The district absorbed most of the Kentucky side of the Cincinnati metro area in the 1960s round of redistricting. He took full advantage of this trend and defeated Chelf by almost eight points. Until 1984, he was re-elected. However, he faced a strong Democratic opponent to the seat from Pat Mulloy, who almost won despite the [[Ronald Reagan]] presidential landslide. Rather than face Mulloy again in 1986, Snyder chose not to seek his own eleventh term in the House. The seat then went to the Republican [[Jim Bunning]], a former Major League Baseball player, who in 1983 had been the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial nominee against Democrat Martha Layne Collins.
An expressway and the federal courthouse in Louisville are named in Snyder's honor/<ref>Marion Eugene “Gene” Snyder (1928-2007) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 9, 2021.</ref>
An expressway and the federal courthouse in Louisville are named in Snyder's honor/<ref>Marion Eugene “Gene” Snyder (1928-2007) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed July 9, 2021.</ref>