Charles Denison

Charles Denison
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 12th district
In office
March 4, 1863 – June 27, 1867
Preceded byHendrick B. Wright
Succeeded byGeorge W. Woodward
Personal details
Born(1818-01-23)January 23, 1818
Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania
DiedJune 27, 1867(1867-06-27) (aged 49)
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Political partyDemocratic
RelativesGeorge Denison (uncle)

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. He was buried in the Forty Fort Cemetery in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania.[1]

Denison supported states' rights and opposed what he perceived as usage of the Civil War to impose the will of the federal government on the southern states. He voted against the Thirteenth Amendment banning slavery. Denison denounced abolitionism as "wicked and cruel fanaticism" and labeled the administration of President Abraham Lincoln as "despotic."[2]

See also

  • List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References

  1. ^ United States Congress. "Charles Denison (id: D000235)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  2. ^ Krawczeniuk, Borys (July 11, 2015). "Congressman stood by states' rights on slavery". The Times-Tribune. Retrieved 16 July 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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