William Allen Sipe was a Democratic

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 member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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Biography

William A. Sipe was born near Harrisonville, Pennsylvania

Harrison Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania

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. He attended the public schools, and Cassville Academy in Cassville, Pennsylvania

Cassville, Pennsylvania

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. He enlisted in the Union Army

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 in 1862 and served in Company K, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged for disability the same year. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in August 1865 and practiced in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

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. He moved to Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

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, in January 1867, and then to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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, in December 1868, and continued the practice of law.

Sipe was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-second

52nd United States Congress

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 Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Alexander K. Craig. He was reelected to the Fifty-third

53rd United States Congress

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 Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894

United States House election, 1894

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. He resumed the practice of law in Pittsburgh until he retired in 1921. He moved to San Diego, California

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, where he died on in 1935. Interment in Highwood Cemetery in Pittsburgh.