Nicholas Sickles
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nicholas Sickles
| image = Nicholas Sickles.jpg
| state = New York
| district = 7th
| term_start = March 4, 1835
| term_end = March 3, 1837
| preceded = Charles Bodle
| succeeded = John C. Brodhead
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1801|09|11}}
| birth_place = Kinderhook, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1845|05|13|1801|09|11|mf=yes}}
| death_place = Kinderhook, New York, U.S.
| resting_place = Houghtaling Burying Ground
Kingston, New York
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| profession = Attorney
Politician
| party = Jacksonian
| alma_mater = Kinderhook Academy
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Nicholas Sickles (September 11, 1801 – May 13, 1845) was an American attorney and politician in the U.S. state of New York. From 1835 to 1837, he represented New York in the United States House of Representatives for one term.
Biography
Sickles was born in Kinderhook, New York.{{cite book|last1=Lanman|first1=Charles|title=Dictionary of the United States Congress|year=1866|publisher=Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7mEDAAAAYAAJ/page/n350 341]|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7mEDAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=23 July 2014}} He attended private schools and Kinderhook Academy before studying law. He was admitted to the bar in 1823 and commenced practice in Kingston, New York.
= Congress =
He was elected as a Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-fourth Congress, serving from December 7, 1835, to March 3, 1837.{{cite book|last1=Poore|first1=Benjamin Perley|title=The Political Register and Congressional Directory: A Statistical Record of the Federal Officials, Legislative, Executive, and Judicial, of the United States of America, 1776-1878|date=1878|publisher=Houghton, Osgood|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028697815/page/n106 91]|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028697815 |accessdate=23 July 2014}} After leaving Congress, he served as prosecuting attorney of Ulster County, New York in 1836 and 1837. Sickles served as surrogate of Ulster County from January 1, 1844, until his death in Kingston, New York on May 13, 1845.{{cite book|last1=Ulster County, N.Y.|first1=and County Legislature|title=Proceedings of the Ulster County Legislature|date=1921|publisher=Ulster County, N.Y. County Legislature|page=313|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXVLAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA313 |accessdate=23 July 2014}}{{cite book|last1=Gray and Bowen|title=The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year ...: Comprising a Calendar for the Year; Astronomical Information; Miscellaneous Directions, Hints, and Remarks; and Statistical and Other Particulars Respecting Foreign Countries and the United States, Volume 17|date=1845|publisher=Gray and Bowen|page=332|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e04TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA332 |accessdate=23 July 2014}} He is interred in Houghtaling Burying Ground in Kingston.{{cite book|last1=Spencer|first1=Thomas E.|title=Where They're Buried: A Directory Containing More Than Twenty Thousand Names of Notable Persons Buried in American Cemeteries, with Listings of Many Prominent People who Were Cremated|date=1998|publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com|page=252|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eLWao2lIGTEC&pg=PA254 |accessdate=23 July 2014|isbn=9780806348230}}
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| state= New York
| district= 7
| before= Charles Bodle
| after= John C. Brodhead
| years= 1835 - 1837}}
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Category:People from Kinderhook, New York
Category:Politicians from Kingston, New York
Category:New York (state) lawyers
Category:County district attorneys in New York (state)
Category:Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives