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Charles Delano
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's10th district
In office March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by	Calvin C. Chaffee
Succeeded by	Henry L. Dawes
Personal details
Born	June 24, 1820 New Braintree, Massachusetts, US
Died	January 23, 1883 (aged 62) Northampton, Massachusetts, US
Resting place	Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton
Political party	Republican

Charles Delano (June 24, 1820 – January 23, 1883) was aU.S. Representative fromMassachusetts.

Born inNew Braintree, Massachusetts, Delano moved with his parents toAmherst in 1833.He attended the common schools and graduated fromAmherst College in 1840, where he studied law. Delano wasadmitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Amherst. He moved toNorthampton in 1848 and continued the practice of law. He served as Treasurer ofHampshire County from 1849 to 1858.

Delano was elected as aRepublican to theThirty-sixth andThirty-seventh Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1862, and resumed the practice of law.

In 1874, Delano was appointed to be an assistant coroner for the inquest into deaths that resulted from a dam break on theMill River, which caused a flood inWilliamsburg, Massachusetts. Later he served as a trustee of theClarke School for the Education of the Deaf from 1877 to 1883.

Delano was appointed by GovernorAlexander H. Rice in 1878 to act as special counsel for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in matters relating to theHoosac Tunnel and theTroy and Greenfield Railroad, and served in this capacity until his death in Northampton on January 23, 1883. He was interred in Bridge Street Cemetery.

• Sharpe, Elizabeth M. (2004).In the Shadow of the Dam: The Aftermath of the Mill River Flood of 1874. New York: Free Press.ISBN 0-7432-2357-8.

• United States Congress."Charles Delano (id: D000213)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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