Background
Sitgreaves was born in Easton, Pennsylvania on April 22, 1803, and moved with his parents to New Jersey in 1806.
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Sitgreaves was born in Easton, Pennsylvania on April 22, 1803, and moved with his parents to New Jersey in 1806.
He studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1824 and commenced practice in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
He pursued classical studies. He was a major commandant in the New Jersey militia from 1828–1838, and served in the New Jersey Senate from 1851-1854. He was president of the Belvidere and Delaware River Railway.
Sitgreaves served as the Mayor of Phillipsburg, New Jersey in 1861 and 1862, and was president of the National Bank of Phillipsburg from 1856 to 1878.
Sitgreaves was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-ninth Congress and Fortieth Congress, and served in office from March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869, and was not a candidate for renomination in 1868. After leaving Congress, he engaged in banking and railroading.
He died in Phillipsburg on March 17, 1878, and was interred in Seventh Street Cemetery in Easton.
Member New Jersey General Assembly, 1831-1833. Member town council, 1834-1835. Member New Jersey Senate, 1851-1854.
Member United States House