Frederick James Sisson (March 31, 1879 – October 20, 1949) was an American educator, lawyer, and politician who served two terms as a

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from New York from 1933 to 1937.

Biography

Born in Wells Bridge,

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, he attended the public schools at Unadilla and was graduated from

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in 1904. He was principal of Vernon High School from 1904 to 1910, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1911 and commenced practice in Utica. He was sheriff's attorney in 1913 and corporation counsel for the city of Utica in 1914. In 1922, he was an unsuccessful candidate for election up to the 68th United States Congress and in 1928 to the

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. He was member of the Whitesboro Board of Education from 1925 to 1933, serving as president from 1926 to 1930.

Congress

Sisson was elected as a

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to the 73rd and 74th Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1937. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the 75th Congress.

Later career and death

After Congress, he continued the practice of law in Utica and

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, until his retirement in 1945. In 1949 he died in Washington, D.C., and was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Whitesboro.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sisson, Frederick 1879 births 1949 deaths People from Otsego County, New York Hamilton College (New York) alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)