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Columbus Delano

Held 4 offices on file, 1845-1875.

About Columbus Delano

Written from the offices on file here and the facts Wikidata holds (the Wikidata item).

Columbus Delano (1809-1896) was born in Shoreham, Vermont, and is on record as a United States representative (1845-1847 and 1865-1869), United States Secretary of the Interior (1870-1875) and an Ohio state representative.

Columbus Delano's occupation on record: lawyer. Columbus Delano died in Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio in 1896, aged 87, and is buried at Mound View Cemetery, Ohio.

Offices held

Oldest first. Back-to-back terms in the same seat are one row.

YearsOfficePartyNotesSource
1845 to 1847 United States representative, district 10 Whig bioguide.congress.gov
1865 to 1869 United States representative, district 13 Republican 2 terms. bioguide.congress.gov
1870 to 1875 United States Secretary of the Interior wikidata.org
dates not on file Ohio state representative wikidata.org
dates not on file Interior minister wikidata.org

Parties on record

  • Republican
  • Whig Party

Records about this person

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