John S. Pindar

Who was John S. Pindar?

John Sigsbee Pindar was a U.S. Representative from New York.

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.

Pindar was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth Congress. 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.

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