Charles T. Dunning

Dunning was born on November 2, 1843, in Minisink, New York. He was the son of Braddock R. Dunning, a cooper and farmer, and Harriet L. Walsh.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7copAQAAMAAJ|title=Portrait and Biographical Record of Orange County, New York|publisher=Chapman Publishing Co.|year=1895|pages=192–193}}

Growing up in Unionville, Dunning attended public school in Middletown. He then moved to Jersey City, New Jersey, where he clerked for a store. In 1867, he moved to Goshen with his father. In 1872, he was made Clerk of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, a position he would serve in for the next 17 years. He was an active member of the Democratic Party.

In 1892, Dunning was appointed Clerk of the New York State Senate. He served as Clerk in 1892{{Cite book|last=Lloyd|first=Will L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5THmWKSAlucC|title=The New York Red Book|publisher=James B. Lyon|year=1892|location=Albany|pages=103|language=en}} and 1893.{{Cite book|last=Murlin|first=Edgar L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cwGAQAAIAAJ|title=The New York Red Book|publisher=James B. Lyon|year=1893|location=Albany|pages=107|language=en}}

Dunning's first wife, Georgia Thompson, died in 1888. His second wife was Mary E. Millspaugh.

Dunning died at home on May 14, 1916. He was buried in Wallkill Cemetery.{{Cite news|date=15 May 1916|title=Charles T. Dunning Dies at Home in Goshen on Sunday|work=Middletown Times-Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/65905196/}}

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Category:1843 births

Category:1916 deaths

Category:People from Minisink, New York

Category:Politicians from Jersey City, New Jersey

Category:People from Goshen, New York

Category:New York (state) Democrats

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