Hamlin Valentine Snell

Hamlin Valentine Snell (February 14, 1810 – January 29, 1886) was an American lawyer and politician in Florida. He served as speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, was president of the Florida State Senate, and was the eighth mayor of Tampa, Florida.

He was born in Savannah, Georgia.[1] He was William H. Whitaker's half-brother.[2]

He served as mayor of Tampa from February 1, 1860, until February 2, 1861.[3] As mayor, he celebrated the start of the American Civil War. Martial law was declared. He fled Tampa in 1861.[1]

He married Mary Beville in 1867.[4]

Local artist Ruth Finney Horney painted a portrait of him.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Hamlin Valentine Snell - 8th Mayor Of Tampa". City of Tampa. June 17, 2014.
  2. https://siestasand.net/sarasota-history-9/
  3. "City Hall and Tampa's Mayors". www.tampapix.com.
  4. Tedcastle, Agnes Beville Vaughan (July 13, 1917). "The Beville Family of Virginia, Georgia, and Florida, and Several Allied Families, North and South". Priv. print. – via Google Books.
  5. Favorite, Merab-Michal (July 13, 2013). "Bradenton". Arcadia Publishing – via Google Books.
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