Thomas P. Sinnett
Thomas Patrick Sinnett – (March 17, 1880 – April 31, 1967)
Sinnett was born near
After school he practiced law in Rock Island, Illinois when he passed the bar exam in 1912.[6] He also spent ten years during this time as a school teacher in Rock Island.[1] He undertook a successful fund drive to help build a classroom building for the Villa de Chantal School in Rock Island for the Sisters of the Order of the Visitation in 1928.[7]
While a member of the Illinois House of Representatives he served as Chairman of the House Committee on Uniform Laws. He served on the committees for Appropriations, Efficiency and Economy, Judicial Apportionment, Judicial Department and Practice, Judiciary, Public Utilities and Transportation, and Rules.
Sinnett was a member of the
References
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- ^ a b c "Quad-City Area Deaths And Funerals". Moline Dispatch. Moline, Illinois. May 1, 1967. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Is House Leader" (PDF). The Emerald of Sigma Pi. Vol. 20, no. 1. May 1933. p. 18.
- ^ a b "Sinnett Assails Pay Roll Padding To Win Primary". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. April 3, 1938. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ Akers, Milburn P. (January 26, 1934). "After Long And Disorderly Session House Adjourns Until Tuesday". The Freeport Journal-Standard. Freeport, Illinois. Retrieved February 20, 2017.
- ^ "Receent Admissions To The Illinois Bar". The National Corporation Reporter. 1912.
- ^ "Sisters of the Visitation touched many lives". Moline Dispatch-Argus. Moline, Illinois. July 14, 2005. Retrieved February 22, 2017.
- ^ "List of Members of the Fifty-Eighth General Assembly of the State of Illinois". State of Illinois.
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