Daniel Sickles

Daniel Sickles
Daniel Sickles
	Major General Sickles c. 1862
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
	In office; March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Preceded by	William Bourke Cockran
Succeeded by	Amos J. Cummings
Constituency	10th district
	In office; March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
Preceded by	Guy R. Pelton
Succeeded by	Benjamin Wood
Constituency	3rd district
19th United States Minister to Spain
	In office; May 15, 1869 – January 31, 1874
President	Ulysses S. Grant
Preceded by	John P. Hale
Succeeded by	Caleb Cushing
Member of the New York Senate; from the 3rd district
	In office; January 1, 1856 – March 3, 1857
Preceded by	Thomas J. Barr
Succeeded by	Francis B. Spinola
Personal details
Born	Daniel Edgar Sickles; October 20, 1819; New York City, U.S.
Died	May 3, 1914 (aged 94); New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery
Party	Democratic
Spouses	; Teresa Bagioli Sickles (m. 1852; died 1867) ; Carmina Creagh (m. 1871)
Children	3
Nickname	"Devil Dan"
Military service
Allegiance	United States; Union
Branch/service	United States Army; Union Army
Years of service	1861–1869
Rank	Major general
Commands	Excelsior Brigade; III Corps
Battles/wars	American Civil War Peninsula campaign Seven Days Battles; ; Battle of Fredericksburg; Battle of Chancellorsville; Battle of Gettysburg (WIA); ;
Awards	Medal of Honor

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "serviceyears". Replace with "service_years".

Daniel Edgar Sickles (October 20, 1819 – May 3, 1914) was an American politician, Civil War veteran, and diplomat. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives both before and after the war.

Sickles was involved in a number of scandals, most notably the 1859 homicide of his wife's lover, U.S. Attorney Philip Barton Key II. He was acquitted after using temporary insanity as a legal defense for the first time in United States history.