Charles Delemere Haines

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Charles Delemere Haines (born June 9, 1856 in Medusa , New York , † April 11, 1929 in Altamonte Springs , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1895 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Delemere Haines was born in Medusa, Albany County , about five years before the outbreak of the Civil War . His family then moved to Coxsackie , Greene County . There he attended community schools. Haines began working as a telegraph operator, but soon rose to become a train dispatcher . He then worked first as an assistant superintendent and finally as a superintendent on a railway line. He later built and operated a number of railroad lines in the United States , Mexico, and Canada with his brothers. In 1888 he settled in Kinderhook in Columbia County , where he established the Kinderhook & Hudson Railroad . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party .

In the 1892 congressional elections for the 53rd Congress , Haines was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 19th electoral district of New York , where he succeeded Charles Tracey on March 4, 1893 . He suffered for his re-election bid in 1894 , a defeat and withdrew from the after March 3, 1895 Congress of.

After his time at the Congress, he resumed his previous business activities. He later settled in Altamonte Springs, where he died on April 11, 1929. His body was buried in the Hudson Falls Cemetery in Hudson Falls, New York.

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SURNAME Haines, Charles Delemere
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Medusa , New York
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1929
Place of death Altamonte Springs , Florida