Dalwin J. Niles
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dalwin J. Niles
| birth_date = September 5, 1914
| birth_place = Schenectady, New York
| death_date = January 1979
| death_place =
| education = Union College
Albany Law School
| occupation = Lawyer, politician
| spouse = Mary Heagle
| children = 2 sons
| office1 = Member of the New York State Senate
| term_start1 = 1965
| term_end1 = 1972
| predecessor1 = Walter Van Wiggeren
| successor1 = Douglas Hudson
| party = Republican
| branch = United States Army
| rank = Major
| serviceyears = World War II
}}
Dalwin J. Niles (September 5, 1914 – January 1979) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life
He was born on September 5, 1914,[https://books.google.com/books?id=GIkjAQAAMAAJ&q=dalwin+j+niles+born+schenectady The American Bar] (pg. 968) in Schenectady, New York. He graduated from Union College, and from Albany Law School in 1937. He was admitted to the bar in 1938, and in 1939 began to practice law in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York.[https://books.google.com/books?id=oPtWAAAAYAAJ&q=red+book+dalwin+j+niles+schenectady New York Red Book] (1967–1968; pg. 105) He married Mary Heagle, and they had two sons. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of major.
He was the Judge of the Fulton County Children's Court (renamed Family Court in 1962) from 1953 to 1964.[http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2011/Gloversville%20NY%20Leader%20Herald/Gloversville%20NY%20Leader%20Herald%201964%20Grayscale/Gloversville%20NY%20leader%20Herald%201964%20Grayscale%20-%200689.pdf Judge Niles Will Seek Republican Nomination For State Senate Post] in The Leader–Herald, of Gloversville and Johnstown, on February 19, 1964 In June 1964, he defeated the incumbent State Senator Walter Van Wiggeren in the Republican primary. Van Wiggeren ran in November 1964 on the Conservative ticket for re-election, but was defeated again by Niles.
Niles was a member of the New York State Senate from 1965 to 1972, sitting in the 175th, 176th, 177th, 178th and 179th New York State Legislatures.
He died in January 1979.[http://sortedbyname.com/pages/n102867.html "NILES, DALWIN"] at Social Security Info
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Category:Politicians from Schenectady, New York
Category:Union College (New York) alumni
Category:Albany Law School alumni
Category:Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Category:People from Johnstown, New York
Category:United States Army officers
Category:New York (state) state court judges
Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:20th-century New York (state) state court judges
Category:Military personnel from Schenectady, New York
Category:20th-century members of the New York State Legislature