Arthur Delaney

Who was Arthur Delaney?

Arthur K. Delaney was an Alaskan politician and the first mayor of Juneau, Alaska, from 1900 to 1901. Delaney came to Alaska, originally seeking success from the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s.

Arthur Delaney was born in Fort Ticonderoga, New York. He was an attorney and judge, and a participant in Marks v. Shoup, a 1901 United States Supreme Court case. Additionally, he presided over Malony v. Adsit, a case which would also make it to the U.S. Supreme Court, on August 10, 1897; Delaney ruled in favor of the plaintiff, O. H. Adsit, who would go on to be mayor of Juneau from 1902 to 1904.

Prior to moving to Alaska, he was a member of the Wisconsin Legislature and also a candidate for the U.S. Congress while serving as a U.S. Attorney in Milwaukee.

Arthur Delaney left Alaska in 1904, and died shortly thereafter in Paso Robles, California.