Pindar, John Sigsbee

Name: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 - Pindar, John Sigsbee
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Pindar, John Sigsbee, a Representative from New York; born in Sharon, Schoharie County, N.Y., November 18, 1835; attended the common schools and Richmondville Seminary; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1865; president of the village of Cobleskill 1882-1884; chairman of the Democratic county committee for ten years; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887); delegate to the Democratic National Convention at St. Louis in 1888; resumed the practice of law in Cobleskill, N.Y.; unsuccessful candidate in 1888 for election to the Fifty-first Congress; subsequently elected to the Fifty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of David Wilber and served from November 4, 1890, to March 3, 1891; resumed the practice of law; died in Cobleskill, Schoharie County, N.Y., June 30, 1907; interment in Cobleskill Cemetery.

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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Pindar, John Sigsbee," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1684 Original Sources, accessed December 11, 2024, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9FVW8LYWW63ZGSB.

MLA: U.S. Congress. "Pindar, John Sigsbee." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1684, Original Sources. 11 Dec. 2024. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9FVW8LYWW63ZGSB.

Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Pindar, John Sigsbee' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1684. Original Sources, retrieved 11 December 2024, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=9FVW8LYWW63ZGSB.