Charles Denison

Charles Denison (January 23, 1818 – June 27, 1867) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Charles Denison (nephew of George Denison) was born in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. He received a liberal education, and was graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1838. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

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. Interment in Forty Fort Cemetery in Kingston, Pennsylvania.

Sources

• Charles Denison at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

External links

Biography portal

• Charles Denison at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Hendrick B. Wright	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district 1863 - 1867	Succeeded by George W. Woodward

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Name	Denison, Charles
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Date of birth	January 23, 1818
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Date of death	June 27, 1867
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