John S. Pindar Explained

John S. Pindar
State:New York
Term Start:November 4, 1890
Term End:March 3, 1891
Predecessor:David Wilber
Successor:George Van Horn
Term Start2:March 4, 1885
Term End2:March 3, 1887
Predecessor2:Newton W. Nutting
Successor2:David Wilber
Office3:President of Cobleskill, New York
Term Start3:1882
Term End3:1884
Birth Name:John Sigsbee Pindar
Birth Date:18 November 1835
Birth Place:Sharon, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Cobleskill, New York, U.S.
Resting Place:Cobleskill Cemetery, Cobleskill, New York, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Profession:Politician, lawyer

John Sigsbee Pindar (November 18, 1835 – June 30, 1907) was an American lawyer and politician who served two non-consecutive terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1885 to 1887, then again briefly from late 1890 to early 1891.

Biography

Born in Sharon, New York, Pindar attended the common schools and Richmondville Seminary.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1865.

He served as president of the village of Cobleskill 1882–1884.He served as chairman of the Democratic county committee for ten years.

Congress

Pindar was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887).

Career in between terms

He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1888.He resumed the practice of law in Cobleskill, New York.He was an unsuccessful candidate in 1888 for election to the Fifty-first Congress.

Return to Congress

Pindar was subsequently elected to the Fifty-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of David Wilber and served from November 4, 1890, to March 3, 1891.

Later career and death

He resumed the practice of law.He died in Cobleskill, New York, June 30, 1907.He was interred in Cobleskill Cemetery.