George J. Sicard

George J. Sicard (February 24, 1838 - August 26, 1904) was an American attorney who was a law partner of Grover Cleveland.

Early life Sicard was born in New York City on February 24, 1838. After the death of his father in 1839, his mother brought the family to Utica, New York, where her father, Montgomery Hunt, was the long-time cashier of the Bank of Utica.

Sicard prepared for college at the Utica Free Academy before entering Hamilton College, of which he was an 1859 graduate. In Syracuse, he studied law in the offices of Hunt & Waterman before he was admitted to the bar in 1861. and Martin C. Carey) until 1893 when Bissell left to become Postmaster General in President Cleveland's cabinet. Sicard left the partnership in 1896, Another member was Lyman M. Bass, the son of Lyman K. Bass (Cleveland's former law partner), and the firm eventually became Kenefick, Cooke & Mitchell.

Personal life In 1872 Sicard was married to Sara Esther Movius (1850–1907), a daughter of Julius Movius of Buffalo. Together, they were the parents of two sons and a daughter, including: Josephine Sicard (b. 1877)