John R. Schneider
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John R. Schneider is a former Democrat
Democratic Party (United States)
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 State Senator
State Senator
A state senator is a member of a state's Senate, the upper house in the bicameral legislature of 49 U.S. states, or a legislator in Nebraska's one house State Legislature.There are typically fewer state senators than there are members of a state's lower house...

 in Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

, United States.

Background

John Schneider was appointed to the position of State Senator for District 8, which covers portions of Baltimore County and Baltimore City, by former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening
Parris Glendening
Parris Nelson Glendening , a member of the United States Democratic Party, was the 59th Governor of Maryland from January 18, 1995 to January 15, 2003...

 when Thomas L. Bromwell
Thomas L. Bromwell
Thomas L. Bromwell is a former Democratic state senator in Maryland, United States.-Background:Bromwell was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1979 to represent District 9 in Baltimore County and Baltimore City. In 1983, he successfully ran for the seat of District 8 in the...

 resigned to accept a position with the Maryland Injured Workers Insurance Fund. However, less than two months after Schneider accepted the position, he died. He was replaced by Joseph T. Ferraracci
Joseph T. Ferraracci
Joseph T. Ferraracci is a former Democrat State Senator in Maryland, United States.-Background:Joseph T. Ferraracci was appointed to the position of State Senator for District 8, which covers portions of Baltimore County and Baltimore City, by former Maryland Governor Parris Glendening when John...

, who was appointed by Governor Glendening on September 17, 2002.

Career

Schneider worked as a junior draftsman at the Glenn L. Martin Company
Glenn L. Martin Company
The Glenn L. Martin Company was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company that was founded by the aviation pioneer Glenn L. Martin. The Martin Company produced many important aircraft for the defense of the United States and its allies, especially during World War II and the Cold War...

 in Essex, Maryland
Essex, Maryland
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 39,078 people, 15,952 households, and 10,336 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,104.1 people per square mile . There were 16,997 housing units at an average density of 1,785.1 per square mile...

 from 1961 until 1963. He left Martin's to become a technical illustrator for Engineering Illustrated, Inc. and worked there for two years, 1961-63. After he left that company, he spent the majority of his life working for Allied Signal. In 1995, he became a staff analyst for State Senator Thomas L. Bromwell
Thomas L. Bromwell
Thomas L. Bromwell is a former Democratic state senator in Maryland, United States.-Background:Bromwell was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1979 to represent District 9 in Baltimore County and Baltimore City. In 1983, he successfully ran for the seat of District 8 in the...

 up until Bromwell left his position in 2002.

During his short time in the Maryland State Senate
Maryland State Senate
The Maryland Senate, sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland...

, Schneider was a member of the Finance Committee. Outside of the Senate, he was a member of the Board of Trustees for the Community College of Baltimore.

External links

  • http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/05sen/former/html/msa13919.html
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