Background
Snowden, Gene was born on April 7, 1928 in Huntington, Indiana, United States. Son of Ben W. and Anna L. (Orr) Snowden.
Snowden, Gene was born on April 7, 1928 in Huntington, Indiana, United States. Son of Ben W. and Anna L. (Orr) Snowden.
Student, Olivet Nazarene College, Kankakee, Illinois, 1948—1949.
Office manager Weaver Popcorn Company, Huntington, 1949—1950. Operator, grocery store, 1951. Department manager Montgomery Ward & Company, 1951—1954.
Appliance and television department manager Wolf & Dessauer Department Store, 1954—1958. Life insurance underwriter, since 1958. Member Huntington County Council, 1962—1964, Indiana House of Representatives 10th District, 1964—1966, Indiana Senate 17th District, since 1966, president pro tempore, 1979—1980, assistant president pro tempore, 1981—1982.
Trustee Huntington College, 1965, Olivet College, since 1968. Member of National Society State Legislators (past president, chairman, board governors), Huntington Optimists Club (charter president).
Married Carol J. Replogle, August 26, 1949. Children: Connie J., Barbara J., Beverly J., Jodi Annual.