Background
Sleicher, John A. was born on October 4, 1848 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of William Sleicher.
Sleicher, John A. was born on October 4, 1848 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of William Sleicher.
Educated Troy High School. (Doctor of Laws, Syracuse University).
City editor Troy Whig, Press, and Times. Participant proprietor Troy Times. Was manager at New York of New York State Associate Press.
Proprietor Schenectady (New York) Union.
Editor-in-chief and part owner Albany Evening Journal. Editor-in-chief New York Mail and Express and civil service commissioner of State of New York, 1889-1893.
Became editor-in-chief Leslie’s Weekly, and president of the Leslie-Judge Company.
Member New York Board Trade and Transportation (director), Civ. Service Reform Association (Executive Committee). Trustee Syracuse University.
Member of New York State Water Supply Commission, 1905-1911.
Married Ella South. Peckham, 1873.