Milton De Lano Explained

Milton De Lano
Office:Chair of the U.S. House Committee on Pensions
Term Start:1889
Term End:1891
State2:New York
District2:26th
Term Start2:March 4, 1887
Term End2:March 3, 1891
Predecessor2:Stephen C. Millard
Successor2:George W. Ray
Term Start3:1879
Term End3:1881
Term Start4:1873
Term End4:1875
Birth Date:11 August 1844
Birth Place:Wampsville, New York, U.S.
Death Place:Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Party:Republican

Milton De Lano (August 11, 1844 – January 2, 1922) was an American businessman and United States representative from New York. Born in Wampsville, he attended the common schools and settled in Canastota, New York, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits for eight years. He was town clerk of Lenox from 1867 to 1869 and sheriff of Madison County from 1873 to 1875 and 1879 to 1881. He engaged in banking, the real-estate business, and in the manufacture of window glass. De Lano was a member of the Canastota Board of Education from 1883 to 1905 and served as president from 1893 to 1905; aided in the organization of the Canastota Northern Railroad Company, and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1884.

De Lano was elected as a Republican to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1891. While in the House he was chairman, of the Committee on Pensions (Fifty-first Congress). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1890 and resumed banking; he was receiver of the Hudson River Power Co. from 1908 to 1912 and became president of the State Bank of Canastota in 1912. He died in Syracuse; interment was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Canastota.