Arthur K. Delaney

Arthur K. Delaney

Arthur K. Delaney (1841 - 1905) was an Alaskan politician and the first mayor of Juneau, Alaska, from 1900 to 1901. Delaney came to Alaska, originally seeking success from the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s. [http://www.familychronicle.com/klond_d.htm]

He was also an attorney and judge, and a participant in "Marks v. Shoup", a 1901 United States Supreme Court case. [ [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=181&page=562 FindLaw | Cases and Codes ] at caselaw.lp.findlaw.com] Additionally, he presided over "Malony v. Adsit", a case which would also make it to the U.S. Supreme Court, on August 10, 1897; Delaney ruled in favor of the plaintiff, O. H. Adsit, who would go on to be mayor of Juneau from 1902 to 1904.

Family

According to, [ [http://www.rootsweb.com/~wasnohom/quer97.htm Snohomish County, WA - QUERIES 1997 ] at www.rootsweb.com] Delaney had relatives in Everett, Washington, and a daughter, Katherine Delaney Abrams, an artist.

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