left office and Delaney's political appointment expired. He moved to Juneau, Alaska, and began a law practice there. Cleveland appointed Delaney United States District Judge for the District of Alaska on November 8, 1895. He was sworn in on December 10, 1895. In his roles as attorney, Delaney was a participant in Marks v. Shoup, a 1901 United States Supreme Court case. As judge, 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. Delaney was removed from office by President William McKinley when he gave a recess appointment to Charles S. Johnson on July 28, 1897. In 1900, Delaney was the first elected mayor of Juneau, serving until 1901. He left Alaska in 1904, and settled for some time at Everett, Washington, before removing to California due to painful rheumatism. He died on January 21, 1905, in Paso Robles, California. Family Arthur Delaney was the son of Reverend James Delaney, who worked for many years as a baptist minister in various cities in Wisconsin. James Delaney had emigrated from Ireland after serving in the British Army in India. Arthur Delaney married Anna J. Walwork of Horicon on March 23, 1865. They had two daughters. One daughter, Katherine Delaney Abrams, attained notoriety as an artist. His younger daughter, Alma, married George C. Teal, a successful salmon cannery operator in Alaska. Electoral history Wisconsin Senate (1880) | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 2, 1880 U.S. House of Representatives (1886) | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;background-color: #e9e9e9;"| General Election, November 2, 1886 References External links 1841 births 1905 deaths People from Essex County, New York Alaska Territory judges 19th-century American judges Mayors of Juneau, Alaska People of the Klondike Gold Rush People from Mayville, Wisconsin United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Alaska Democrats Democratic Party Wisconsin state senators 20th-century American politicians 19th-century American politicians United States federal judges appointed by Grover Cleveland Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly