Abner Woodruff Sibal (April 11, 1921 – January 27, 2000) was a member of the
United States House of Representatives
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from
Connecticut's 4th congressional district. He served from 1961 to 1965. He was defeated in 1964. He also served as a member of the
Connecticut Senate from 1956 to 1960, and a delegate to the
Republican National Convention from Connecticut in 1964.
Biography
Born in
Ridgewood, New York, Sibal graduated from
Norwalk High School in 1938. He was in the
Wesleyan University, A.B., 1943, and
St. John's University School of Law, LL.B., 1949. He enlisted in the
United States Army in March 1943, served in the European and Pacific Theaters of
World War II
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, and was discharged as a
first lieutenant in September 1946.
He was
admitted to the
Connecticut bar in 1949 and to the Federal bar in 1965. He served as
prosecuting attorney in
Norwalk City Court from 1951 to 1955, and as
corporation counsel for the city of Norwalk from 1959 to 1960.
Sibal began his political career as a member of
Connecticut Senate from 1956 to 1960, serving as minority leader the last two years. He also served as chairman of the Connecticut Commission on
Corporation Law in 1959. He served as delegate to each Connecticut Republican State Convention from 1952 to 1968, and as delegate to Republican National Convention, 1964.
Sibal was elected as a
Republican to the
Eighty-Seventh and
Eighty-Eighth Congresses (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1965). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964 to the
Eighty-Ninth Congress. He served as
general counsel for the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1975 to 1978, before resuming the private practice of law. He died in
Alexandria, Virginia, on January 27, 2000.
References
External links
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1921 births
2000 deaths
United States Army personnel of World War II
American prosecutors
Connecticut lawyers
Republican Party Connecticut state senators
Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut
St. John's University School of Law alumni
United States Army officers
Wesleyan University alumni
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
20th-century American lawyers
Norwalk High School (Connecticut) alumni
20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
20th-century members of the Connecticut General Assembly