Abner Woodruff Sibal (April 11, 1921 – January 27, 2000) was a member of the

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from

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. He served from 1961 to 1965. He was defeated in 1964. He also served as a member of the

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from 1956 to 1960, and a delegate to the

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from Connecticut in 1964.

Biography

Born in Ridgewood, New York, Sibal graduated from Norwalk High School in 1938. He was in the

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, A.B., 1943, and

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, LL.B., 1949. He enlisted in the

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in March 1943, served in the European and Pacific Theaters of

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, and was discharged as a

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in September 1946. He was admitted to the

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bar in 1949 and to the Federal bar in 1965. He served as

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in Norwalk City Court from 1951 to 1955, and as corporation counsel for the city of Norwalk from 1959 to 1960. Sibal began his political career as a member of

from 1956 to 1960, serving as minority leader the last two years. He also served as chairman of the Connecticut Commission on Corporation Law in 1959. He served as delegate to each Connecticut Republican State Convention from 1952 to 1968, and as delegate to Republican National Convention, 1964. Sibal was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-Seventh and Eighty-Eighth Congresses (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-Ninth Congress. He served as

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for the

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from 1975 to 1978, before resuming the private practice of law. He died in

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, on January 27, 2000.

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