Lynn C. Sieberns

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Lynn Callsen Sieberns (February 8, 1889 ― February 23, 1962) was an American politician who served in the Illinois Senate as a member of the Democratic Party.

Sieberns was born February 8, 1889. Sieberns earned a bachelor of law in 1912.{{cite web|editor-last=Cunningham|editor-first=Harrison E.|title=Twenty-Seventh Report of the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois|page=48|date=June 30, 1914|publisher=University of Illinois|access-date=February 7, 2021|url=https://uihistories.library.illinois.edu/REPOSITORYCACHE/186/NG93zOw5UT66BRfQ9I21QJA870ttw8498PXn6SUXEiF2M7OaK8uz3I9z7TZeX7N4C0fua8Ud6H673xy5h7i7pO36VH8eQEJKR8bx49BuzN_21531.pdf}} Sieberns served in World War I as a medic, serving overseas for thirteen months and taking part in many important battles.{{cite book|last=Hasbrouck|first=Jacob L.|title=History of McLean County, Illinois|publisher=Historical Publishing Company|location=Topeka-Indianapolis|year=1924|page=734|access-date=February 7, 2021|url=https://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/OCA/Books2012-08/historyofmcleanc/historyofmcleanc02hasb/historyofmcleanc02hasb.pdf}} He married Edna Meyer of Oak Park, Illinois.

Sieberns was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1932 after defeating Republican incumbent Florence Fifer Bohrer as part of a national Democratic wave. In the 1940 general election, Republican candidate Wilbur J. Cash defeated Sieberns. On February 23, 1962, Sieberns died of a heart attack while attending an Illinois Commerce Commission hearing.{{cite news|title=L.C. Sieberns Dies at ICC Hearing|date=February 23, 1962|newspaper=The Pantagraph|access-date=February 7, 2021|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/19531635/the-pantagraph/}}