{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Constantine C. Esty | image = Constantine C. Esty.png | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = [[Massachusetts's 7th congressional district|7th]] | term_start1 = December 2, 1872 | term_end1 = March 3, 1873 | preceded1 = [[George M. Brooks]] | succeeded1 = [[Ebenezer R. Hoar]] | office2 = Member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] | term2 = 1867 | office3 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Senate]] | term3 = 1857-1858 | birth_date = December 26, 1824 | birth_place = [[Framingham, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1912|12|27|1824|12|26}} | death_place = [[Framingham, Massachusetts]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = Emily Susanna (March) Esty | relations = [[Alexander Rice Esty]], brother | children = Mary LeBaron Esty, Frederick March Esty, Charles Canaris Esty, Catherine Monroe Esty, Alexander N. Esty | alma_mater = [[Yale University|Yale College]] | occupation = | profession = Attorney | signature = | website = }}<!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000225. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->

'''Constantine Canaris Esty''' (December 26, 1824 – December 27, 1912) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]].

Born in [[Framingham, Massachusetts]] to Dexter Esty, Esty attended the local academies of Framingham and Leicester. His brother was architect [[Alexander Rice Esty]]. Esty was a descendant of [[Mary Towne Esty]] who was executed during the [[Salem Witch Trials]].

Esty was graduated from [[Yale College]] in 1845 where he was a member of [[Skull and Bones]]. <ref name="psiupsilon">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/twelfthgeneralca00psiurich | title=The twelfth general catalogue of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity | publisher=The fraternity | access-date=March 24, 2011 | year=1917| last1=Fraternity | first1=Psi Upsilon }}</ref>{{rp|71}} He studied law. He was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] and commenced practice in [[Framingham, Massachusetts]], in 1847. He served in the State senate in 1857 and 1858. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1867. He was appointed assessor of internal revenue by President Lincoln in 1862 and served until he was removed for political reasons by President Johnson in 1866. <!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->Reappointed by him in 1867. He resigned in 1872.

Esty was elected as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] to the [[42nd United States Congress|Forty-second]] Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George M. Brooks and served from December 2, 1872, to March 3, 1873. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1872. He continued the practice of his profession in [[Framingham, Massachusetts]], until his death there December 27, 1912. He was interred in Edgell Grove Cemetery.

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