Nicholas J. Sinnott

Nicholas John Sinnott ( born December 6, 1870 in The Dalles, Oregon; † July 20, 1929 in Washington DC) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1913 and 1928 he represented the second electoral district of the state of Oregon in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Nicholas Sinnott attended the schools in his home and then studied until 1892 at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. After studying law and his 1895 was admitted to the bar he began in his native city of The Dalles to work in his new profession.

Sinnott was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1909 and 1911 he is a member of the Senate of Oregon. In 1912 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he replaced Walter Lafferty on March 4, 1913 which was changed in the third constituency. Up to and including 1926 Nicholas Sinnott was regularly confirmed in his office. In Congress, he was temporarily Chairman of the Committee for management of state land and Member of the Committee for the award of patent rights. He also advocated for the expansion of irrigation facilities in the east of Oregon.

On April 18, 1928 Nicholas Sinnott was appointed by U.S. President Calvin Coolidge to a federal judgeship on the Court of Claims. Then he put on 31 May of the same year resigned his parliamentary seat. Sinnott remained until his death in July 1929 a federal judge. He was married since 1901 with Dora Purcell, with whom he had six children.