Thomas Sinnickson (politician, 1744)

Thomas Sinnickson (born December 21, 1744 in Salem , Salem County , Province of New Jersey , †  May 15, 1817 ibid) was an American politician . Between 1789 and 1791 and again from 1797 to 1799 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Sinnickson was the uncle of Congressman Thomas Sinnickson (1786–1873) and the great-uncle of Clement Hall Sinnickson (1834–1919), who also represented New Jersey in the US House of Representatives. The elder Thomas Sinnickson grew up during the British colonial era and attended public schools in his home country. Then he worked as a dealer. At the beginning of the American Revolution he joined this movement. During the War of Independence he was a captain in the Continental Army . After the war he also began a political career. Sinnickson held several local offices in his home country and was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly on several occasions between 1777 and 1788 . He was considered a supporter of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton and was loyal to the first federal government led by President Washington.

In the New Jersey state-wide congressional elections of 1789 , Sinnickson was elected for the fourth seat of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives, where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1789. By March 3, 1791, he completed the very first legislative period of the US House of Representatives, which was then still in New York . In the second half of the 1790s he joined the Federalist Party . In 1796 he was elected to Congress as their candidate for the fifth mandate of his state , where he succeeded Isaac Smith on March 4, 1797 . Until March 3, 1799 he was able to spend another legislative period in Congress. This was marked by foreign policy tensions with France .

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Thomas Sinnickson no longer appeared politically. He died on May 15, 1817 in his native Salem.

Web links

• Thomas Sinnickson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Thomas Sinnickson in the database of Find a Grave (English)