Abner W. Sibal

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Abner Woodruff Sibal (born April 11, 1921 in Queens , New York , †  January 27, 2000 in Alexandria , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1961 and 1965 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Born in New York's Ridgewood district , Abner Sibal attended Norwalk High School in Connecticut until 1938 and then studied at Wesleyan University until 1943 . In 1943 he joined the US Army . During the Second World War he was used in both Europe and the Pacific. Sibal remained in the military until September 1946. After studying law at St. John's Law School and being admitted to the bar in 1949, he began to work as a lawyer. Between 1951 and 1955, Sibal was a prosecutor in the Norwalk Municipal Court . In 1959 and 1960 he served as the city's legal advisor ( Corporation Counsel ).

Politically, Sibal was a member of the Republican Party . He served in the Connecticut Senate from 1956 to 1960 ; there he led the republican faction from 1958. Between 1952 and 1968 he was a delegate at all regional party conventions in Connecticut. In 1964 he attended the Republican National Convention in San Francisco as a delegate . In the 1960 congressional election, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of Connecticut . There he stepped on January 3, 1961 to succeed the Democrat Donald Jay Irwin , whom he had defeated in the election. After re-election in 1962, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until January 3, 1965 . These were determined, among other things, by the discussions about the civil rights movement and the beginning of the Vietnam War . In the elections of 1964 Sibal was defeated by his predecessor Irwin, who thus also became his successor in Congress.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Abner Sibal worked as a lawyer. Between 1975 and 1978 he was an advisor to the Equal Opportunities Commission. He died in Alexandria on January 27, 2000.

Web links

  • Abner W. Sibal in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Sibal, Abner W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sibal, Abner Woodruff (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Queens , New York
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 2000
Place of death Alexandria , Virginia