Born in Salem , New Jersey , he attended private schools , and the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , before graduating from Union College , New York , in 1855 . While at Union he became a member of Theta Delta Chi . 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 Sinnickson served as Captain in the Union Army . 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 , he resumed the practice of law in Salem . He also served as a delegate to the 1880 Republican National Convention , and he was appointed judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1896 and reappointed in 1901 and 1906
1880 Republican National Convention
1880 Republican National Convention
Clement Hall Sinnickson