Charles W. Stapleton (November 23, 1853 – December 6, 1935) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
Stapleton was born on November 23, 1853, in
Hamilton, New York. He studied law at
Hamilton College and was admitted to the bar in 1879. He practiced law in Hamilton until 1886. In 1885, he was elected County Clerk of
Madison County.
He served as County Clerk from 1886 to 1891. He later moved in
Morrisville, and had a law office in
Syracuse
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In 1893, Hamilton was elected to the
New York State Senate
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as a
Republican, representing
New York's 24th State Senate district (
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and Madison Counties). He served in the Senate in
1894
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* January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire.
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and
1895
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
* January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...
. While in the Senate, he introduced a large number of bills related to the Syracuse charter and his Senate district specifically.
In 1896, he began practicing civil law in New York City, specializing in patent law. He retired from his law practice in about 1929. He was also a founder and president of the American Rubber Tire Company. The company was later merged with the
Kelly-Springfield Tire Company, and he served that firm as general counsel.
Stapleton was a member of the
New York State Bar Association, the
New York County Lawyers Association
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, the
Freemasons
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, the
Knights Templar
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, and the
New York Athletic Club.
In 1912, he married Genevieve Bishop of
White Plains.
Stapleton died at his
Riverdale home of
pneumonia on December 6, 1935. He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Hamilton.
References
External links
*
The Political Graveyard'
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1853 births
1935 deaths
People from Hamilton, New York
People from Morrisville, New York
Hamilton College (New York) alumni
19th-century American lawyers
20th-century American lawyers
Lawyers from Syracuse, New York
Lawyers from New York City
19th-century American legislators
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
People from Riverdale, Bronx
American Freemasons
Deaths from pneumonia in New York (state)
Burials in New York (state)
19th-century New York (state) politicians