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Charles W. Gillet
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1905
Preceded by	John Raines
Succeeded by	Jacob Sloat Fassett
Constituency	29th district (1893–1903) 33rd district (1903–05)
Personal details
Born	November 26, 1840 Addison, New York, U.S.
Died	December 31, 1908 (aged 78) New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Rural Cemetery
Political party	Republican

Charles William Gillet (November 26, 1840 – December 31, 1908) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Biography

He was born in Addison, New York on November 26, 1840. Gillet attended the public schools and the Delaware Literary Institute, Franklin, New York. He was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1861. Enlisted as a private in the Eighty-sixth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in August 1861. He was promoted to adjutant of the regiment in November 1861. He was wounded and honorably discharged for physical disability in 1863. He engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors, and blinds in Addison. He was appointed postmaster of Addison on June 15, 1878, and served until July 26, 1886.

Gillet was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1905). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (Fifty-fourth through Fifty-seventh Congresses), Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Fifty-eighth Congress). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1904. He died in New York City December 31, 1908. He was interred in the Rural Cemetery, Addison, New York.

References

• United States Congress. "Charles W. Gillet (id: G000199)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
Public Buildings and Grounds (1837–1947)	Towns Petrikin Boardman Pratt Ficklin Faran Houston Bowdon Stanton Craige Ball Keitt Train Rice Covode Hopkins Beatty Halsey Platt Holman Cook Shallenberger Stockslager Dibble Milliken Bankhead Milliken Mercer Gillet Bartholdt Sheppard Clark Langley Elliott Lanham
Rivers and Harbors (1883–1947)	Willis Blanchard Henderson Blanchard Catchings Hooker Cooper Burton Alexander Sparkman Small Kennedy Dempsey Mansfield
Roads (1913–1947)	Shackleford Dunn Dowell Almon Cartwright Robinson
Flood Control (1916–1947)	Humphreys Rodenberg Schall Reid Wilson Whittington
Transportation and Infrastructure* (1947–)	Dondero Whittington Buckley Dondero Buckley Fallon Blatnik Jones Johnson Howard Anderson Roe Mineta E. Shuster Young Oberstar Mica W. Shuster DeFazio Graves
Note	Alternately named Public Works in 80th through 93rd Congresses and Public Works and Transportation in 94th through 103rd Congresses.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

• 1840 births
• 1908 deaths
• Union College (New York) alumni
• United States Army officers
• Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
• New York (state) postmasters
• People from Addison, New York
• 19th-century New York (state) politicians
• 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives