Clement Hall Sinnickson (September 16, 1834 – July 24, 1919), was an American
Republican Party politician, who served in the
United States House of Representatives
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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
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, , he attended private schools, and the
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, before graduating from
Union College
Union College is a private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the state of New York, after Columbia Co ...
, New York, in 1855. While at Union he became a member of
Theta Delta Chi
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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
Civil War
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
Sinnickson served as
Captain in the
Union Army
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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
Washington
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, he resumed the practice of law in Salem. He also served as a delegate to the
1880 Republican National Convention
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, and he was appointed judge of the
Court of Common Pleas
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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 Sinnicksonfrom
The Political Graveyard
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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