Charles E. d'Autremont, Jr. (June 2, 1855 – July 25, 1919) was a mayor of Duluth, Minnesota. He was an attorney by profession, active in the Democratic Party, and pursued the exploitation of copper and iron mineral resources. Early life and education d'Autremont was born in Angelica, New York, where his father, Charles E., Sr., was a banker and in the mercantile trade. d'Autremont continued in his father's trade. The family was part of the movement of French refugees into New York's southern tier, a movement which included some of the Du Pont family as well. Among the family wares were grindstones, shipped to Geneva, New York for sale, as well as the processing of wolf pelts as a part of the New York State bounty on the predator. He also traded stocks in New York City and invested in western real estate. In 1848, Charles E., Sr., traveled the Continent – notably the Republic of France – arriving in Paris during the Revolutions of that year. Sarah (Collins) d'Autremont, spouse to Charles E., Sr., was an abolitionist. She was the daughter of Judge John Collins, Jr., who also served as an officer in the New York militia in the War of 1812. Charles E. d'Autremont, Jr., prepared at the Angelica Academy, matriculated at Cornell University (1868) for Academic Years 1868–69, 1869–70 and 1870–71. He took ill and moved to Lausanne, Switzerland to study in a place more favorable to his recovery than Ithaca, New York. In 1872, d'Autremont returned to the United States to study law. He first read the law with his uncle, John G. Collins, at Angelica, N.Y. He then attended Columbia Law School, from which he received his LL.B. (1875). d'Autremont then spent the summer of 1875 travelling in Europe; and he returned in 1879. During the fall of 1875, he decided to settle in Elmira, New York, where he practiced law as an associate attorney in his future father-in-law's firm, Hart & McGuire. He was elected to Chemung County Board of Supervisors. In 1878, he returned to the family's homestead and hung his shingle to practice law at Angelica. During the professional years on New York's southern tier (1875–1882), d'Autremont campaigned actively for Horace Greeley in 1872, Samuel Tilden in 1876, and Winfield Scott Hancock in 1880. He was president of Elmira's Tilden and Hancock Clubs and gave stump speeches throughout New York and Pennsylvania.