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Sitgreaves, Charles

lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born April 22, 1803, in Easton, Pa. He was a member of the New Jersey assembly in 1831 and 1833; in 1834 was a member of the legislative council; and was a member and president of the same in 1835. He was a member of the state senate from 1852 to 1854. In 1864 he was elected a representative from New Jersey to the thirty-ninth congress. He was mayor of Philipsburg in 1861, declining a re-election; was president of the Belvidere and Delaware Railroad company; and was president of the bank at Philipsburg. He was re-elected to the fortieth congress as a democrat.