Charles L. C. Gifford

{{Short description|American attorney and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Charles L. C. Gifford

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|office = Member of the New Jersey Senate from Essex County

|term_start = 1858

|term_end = 1861

|predecessor = George R. Chetwood

|successor = James Quinby

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|birth_date = November 1825

|birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1877|3|29|1825|11|1}}

|death_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

|party = Democratic

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Charles Louis Cammann Gifford (November 1825 – March 29, 1877) was an American attorney and politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and the New Jersey Senate.{{cite book|first1=Francis Bazley|last1=Lee|title=Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FZE-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA158-IA10|publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company|year=1910|page=158|via=Google Books}} Gifford was President of the Senate in 1860.

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Gifford was the oldest son of Archer and Louisa (Cammann) Gifford. He graduated from Yale Law School in 1845, and was admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1847, and as a counselor in 1850. He served as Deputy Collector for the Port of Newark. Gifford was elected to the General Assembly in 1857, and the State Senate from 1858 to 1860. He was unanimously elected as President of the Senate for the 1860 term.{{cite book|first1=New Jersey Legislature|last1=Senate|title=Journal of the Sixteenth Senate of the State of New Jersey: Being the Eighty-Fourth Session of the Legislature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ImNMAAAAYAAJ&q=Charles%2520L.C.%2520Gifford%2520NJ%2520senate&pg=PA9|year=1860|page=9|via=Google Books}}

He was a nominee for Mayor of Newark in 1861, but lost to incumbent Moses Bigelow.{{cite book|first1=William|last1=Gillette|title=Jersey Blue: Civil War Politics in New Jersey, 1854-1865|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7i70YYRzeKIC&q=Charles%2520L.C.%2520Gifford%2520NJ&pg=PA152|publisher=Rutgers University Press|year=1999|isbn=9780813526942|page=152|via=Google Books}} He was appointed as Presiding Judge for the Court of Common Pleas of Essex County in June 1872 to complete an unexpired term.

Gifford died in his home in Newark on March 29, 1877.