Charles H. Winfield

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Charles Henry Winfield (April 22, 1822 - June 10, 1888) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Crawford, New York, Winfield completed preparatory studies. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1846 and commenced practice in Goshen, New York. He served as district attorney for Orange County 1850-1856.

Winfield was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1867). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1866. He resumed the practice of his profession. He died in Walden, New York, June 10, 1888. He was interred in Wallkill Valley Cemetery.

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• Charles H. Winfield at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress