Milton De Lano

Milton De Lano ( born August 11, 1844 in Wampsville, New York, † January 2, 1922 in Syracuse, New York) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1887 and 1891 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Milton De Lano was born about two years before the outbreak of the Mexican-American War in Madison County. He attended community schools. Then he settled in Canastota. There he was eight years after commercial transactions. These years were overshadowed by the Civil War. Between 1867 and 1869 he worked as a writer in residence in Lenox. He was 1873-1875 and 1879-1881 sheriff in Madison County. He also went banking, according to the real estate trade and the manufacture of window glass. Between 1883 and 1905 he sat in the Education Committee of Canastota. During this time he was there 1893-1905 President. He helped in organizing the Canastota Northern Railroad Company. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In 1884, he attended the Republican National Convention as a delegate.

In the congressional elections of 1886, for the 50th Congress he was on the 26th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Stephen C. Millard on 4 March 1887. He was re-elected once. Since he gave up for reelection in 1890, he retired after March 3, 1891 from the Congress. During his last term he chaired the Committee on Pensions ( 51st Annual Meeting ).

After his conference time he went to banking transactions. Between 1908 and 1912 he was a trustee of the Hudson River Power Company. Then he became in 1912 president of the State Bank of Canastota. He died on January 2, 1922 in Syracuse. His body was then buried in the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Canastota.