Wallace Eugene Snelson, known as W. E. "Pete" Snelson (March 28, 1923 – April 26, 2014), was a businessman, former journalist, and decorated World War II United States Army officer from his adopted city of Midland, Texas, who served nonconsecutive terms as a Democrat in both houses of the Texas State Legislature from 1961 to 1983. He represented District 102 (Crane, Midland, Pecos, and Upton counties) in the Texas House of Representatives from 1961 to 1963, District 29 in the Texas Senate from 1965 to 1967, and District 25 in the state Senate from 1969 to 1983.
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28 March 1923 Grandfalls, Texas
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Died |
26 April 2014 (aged 91)
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Zodiac | Aries |
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