William A. Sipe was born near
Harrisonville, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools, and Cassville Academy in
Cassville, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the
Union Army 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. He moved to
Indianapolis, Indiana, in January 1867, and then to
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in December 1868, and continued the practice of law. Sipe was elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Alexander K. Craig. He was reelected to the
Fifty-third Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1894. He resumed the practice of law in Pittsburgh until he retired in 1921. He moved to
San Diego, California, where he died on in 1935. Interment in Highwood Cemetery in Pittsburgh. ==References==