Charles Denison (January 23, 1818 – June 27, 1867) was a
Democratic member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
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from
Pennsylvania
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.
Charles Denison (nephew of
George Denison) was born in
Wyoming Valley
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,
Pennsylvania
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. He received a liberal education, and was graduated from
Dickinson College
, mottoeng = Freedom is made safe through character and learning
, established =
, type = Private liberal arts college
, endowment = $645.5 million (2022)
, president = J ...
in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
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, in 1838. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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.
Denison was elected as a Democrat to the
Thirty-eighth,
Thirty-ninth, and
Fortieth Congresses and served until his death in Wilkes-Barre. He was a delegate to the
1864 Democratic National Convention
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The Convention nominated Major General George B. McClellan from New Jersey for president, and Representative George H. Pendleton of Ohio for vice president ...
. Interment in Forty Fort Cemetery in
Forty Fort, Pennsylvania
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.
See also
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Sources
The Political Graveyard
External links
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1818 births
1867 deaths
People from the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area
Pennsylvania lawyers
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
Dickinson College alumni
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American lawyers