Clement Hall Sinnickson (September 16, 1834 – July 24, 1919), was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the

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, where he represented New Jersey's 1st congressional district from 1875 to 1879. He is the grandnephew of Thomas Sinnickson, who was also a former Representative from New Jersey. Born in

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, he attended private schools, and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, before graduating from

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, New York, in 1855. While at Union he became a member of

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. After his collegiate career, he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1858, commencing the practice of law in Salem. During the

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Sinnickson served as Captain in the

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. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth United States Congresses, serving in office from March 4, 1875, to March 3, 1879. After his stint in

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, he resumed the practice of law in Salem. He also served as a delegate to the

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, and he was appointed judge of the

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in 1896 and reappointed in 1901 and 1906. Sinnickson died in

Salem, New Jersey Salem is a city in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the city's population was 5,146,

on July 24, 1919, and was interred at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery.

External links

Biography for Clement Hall Sinnickson
from

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinnickson, Clement Hall 1834 births New Jersey lawyers New Jersey state court judges Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni People from Salem, New Jersey 1919 deaths Union College (New York) alumni Burials at St. John's Episcopal Cemetery, Salem, New Jersey Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American judges 19th-century American lawyers