Gilbert A. Deane (June 2, 1851 Chapinville, Litchfield County, Connecticut – November 20, 1891 Copake, Columbia County, New York) was an American politician from

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Life

He attended Williamstown Seminary. Then he removed to Copake and worked at the Copake Iron Works owned by

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. Deane married Minnie J. Andrews (1855–1932), and they had several children. Deane was a Republican member of the

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(Columbia Co.) in

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. He was a member of the

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(15th D.) from 1888 to 1891, sitting in the 111th, 112th, 113th and

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s. In November 1891, he ran for re-election but the State Board of State Canvassers (the Democratic state officers) declared his opponent

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elected despite receiving fewer votes than Deane. Deane died on November 20, 1891, less than three weeks after the election, at his home in Copake, from "congestion of the brain" because of "overexertion during the election campaign". He was buried at the Hillsdale Rural Cemetery in Hillsdale, New York.

Sources

''The New York Red Book''
compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 403 and 503)
Biographical sketches of the members of the Legislature
in ''The Evening Journal Almanac'' (1888)
''OBITUARY; GILBERT A. DEANE''
in NYT on November 21, 1891

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Deane, Gilbert A 1851 births 1891 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators People from Columbia County, New York Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly People from Salisbury, Connecticut 19th-century American legislators 19th-century New York (state) politicians