Hubert Douglas Delany
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Comment: Don't get me wrong. Delany is notable per WP:NPOL, but the prose needs some tweaks. I'll try to jump in as well. Bkissin (talk) 16:27, 27 January 2022 (UTC)
Hubert Douglas Delany | |
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 Delany III in 2021 | |
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 144th District | |
| Assumed office January 26, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Caroline Simmons |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hubert Douglas Delany III December 31, 1993 Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | thumb Delany III in 2021 |
| Resting place | thumb Delany III in 2021 |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Residences | Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Website | www |
Hubert Douglas Delany (/dəˈleɪni/; born December 31, 1993) is an American politician serving as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives for the 144th District, representing Stamford, Connecticut. Delany, a Democrat is a U.S. Army veteran who served as a Photojournalist, a writer and, a Mass Communications Specialist.
Early life
Hubert Douglas Delany III was born on December 31, 1993 to parents Deborah Butler and Hubert Delany Sr. II, at Stamford Hospital in Stamford, Connecticut. Delany grew up in both Stamford and nearby Wilton for the first few years of his life. As a teenager growing up in Stamford’s Waterside district, Hubert helped create Stamford’s first Diversity Festival.[1]
Delany is the great-grandson of Hubert Thomas Delany, an American civil rights pioneer, a lawyer, politician, Assistant U.S. Attorney, the first African American Tax Commissioner of New York[2] and one of the first appointed African American judges in New York City. Delany's two great-grand aunts Sadie and Bessie Delany, wrote the autobiographical bestseller Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, which tracked the family's genealogy dating back to 17th-century slavery.[3]
Connecticut General Assembly
Elections
Delany ran as a Democrat in a 2022 special election for the 144th district in the Connecticut House of Representatives to replace representative Caroline Simmons, who resigned to become mayor of Stamford. He won the election against Republican candidate Danny Melchionne.[4]
References
- ^ "Waterside Diversity Festival Stamford CT".
- ^ "THE NEW JUSTICE OF THE FAMILY COURT .'CONGRATULATIONS' are in order for both Mayor LaGuardia and one of Harlem's outstanding citizens, Hon. Hubert T. Delany". The New York Age. No. VOL. 57. No. 12. The New York Age. August 15, 1942. p. 6. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
{{cite news}}:|issue=has extra text (help) - ^ Delany, A. Elizabeth; Delany, Sarah L.; Hearth, Amy Hill (1994). Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years. Dell Publishing. p. Family Tree.
- ^ Gurciullo, Brianna; Valle, Verónica Del (January 26, 2022). "Delany wins in special election, puts another Democrat in the state legislature representing Stamford". Westport News. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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