James H. Sinclair

For other people with the same name, see James Sinclair (disambiguation).

James H. Sinclair.

James Herbert Sinclair (October 9, 1871 – September 5, 1943) was a U.S. Republican politician.

He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to North Dakota in 1883. He was elected to North Dakota's State House of Representatives between 1915 and 1919 and then as a Republican member of North Dakota's congressional delegation for 8 consecutive terms between 1919 and 1935.

Sources

United States Congress. "James H. Sinclair (id: S000442)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Patrick D. Norton	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Dakota's 3rd congressional district 1919 – 1933	Succeeded by none (seat lost by reapportionment)
Preceded by Thomas Hall (1st) and Olger B. Burtness (2nd)	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Dakota's at-large congressional district with William Lemke 1933 – 1935	Succeeded by Usher L. Burdick

Members of the United States House of Representatives from North Dakota

One seat at-large (1889–1903)

Two seats at-large (1903–1913)

Seat A	Marshall Hanna

Seat B	Spalding Gronna Helgesen

Three districts (1913–1933)

1st district	Helgesen Baer Burtness

2nd district	Young Hall

3rd district	Norton Sinclair

Two seats at-large (1933–1963)

Seat A	Sinclair U. Burdick Robertson U. Burdick Q. Burdick Nygaard

Seat B	Lemke Robertson Lemke Aandahl Krueger Short

Two districts (1963–1973)

1st district	Nygaard Andrews

2nd district	Short Redlin Kleppe Link

One seat at-large (1973–present)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 63115756 LCCN: n88274649 US Congress: S000442

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