{{Short description|American politician}} {{no footnotes|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Charles Delano | honorific_suffix = | image = RepCharlesDelano.jpg | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = [[Massachusetts's 10th congressional district|10th]] | term_start1 = March 4, 1859 | term_end1 = March 3, 1863 | predecessor1 = [[Calvin C. Chaffee]] | successor1 = [[Henry L. Dawes]] | birth_date = June 24, 1820 | birth_place = [[New Braintree, Massachusetts]], US | death_date = January 23, 1883 (aged 62) | death_place = [[Northampton, Massachusetts]], US | resting_place = Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton | resting_place_coordinates = | birth_name = | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | profession = | committees = }}
'''Charles Delano''' (June 24, 1820 – January 23, 1883) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].
Born in [[New Braintree, Massachusetts]], Delano moved with his parents to [[Amherst, Massachusetts|Amherst]] in 1833. He attended the common schools and graduated from [[Amherst College]] in 1840, where he studied law. Delano was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] in 1842 and commenced practice in Amherst. He moved to [[Northampton, Massachusetts|Northampton]] in 1848 and continued the practice of law. He served as Treasurer of [[Hampshire County, Massachusetts|Hampshire County]] from 1849 to 1858.
Delano was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[36th United States Congress|Thirty-sixth]] and [[37th United States Congress|Thirty-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 the [[Mill River (Northampton, Massachusetts)|Mill River]], which caused a flood in [[Williamsburg, Massachusetts]]. Later he served as a trustee of the [[Clarke School for the Deaf|Clarke School for the Education of the Deaf]] from 1877 to 1883.
Delano was appointed by Governor [[Alexander H. Rice]] in 1878 to act as special counsel for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in matters relating to the [[Hoosac Tunnel]] and the [[Troy and Greenfield Railroad]], and served in this capacity until his death in Northampton on January 23, 1883. He was interred in Bridge Street Cemetery.
==References and external links== *{{cite book |title=In the Shadow of the Dam: The Aftermath of the Mill River Flood of 1874 |first=Elizabeth M. |last=Sharpe |publisher=Free Press |location=New York |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-2357-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/inshadowofdamaft00shar }} {{CongBio|D000213}} {{Bioguide}}
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