Chester Bidwell Darrall
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromLouisiana's3rd district
In office March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
Preceded by	Joseph H. Acklen
Succeeded by	William Pitt Kellogg
In office March 4, 1869 – February 20, 1878
Preceded by	Joseph P. Newsham
Succeeded by	Joseph H. Acklen
Louisiana State Senator
In office 1868–1869
Personal details
Born	(1842-06-24)June 24, 1842 Addison, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	January 1, 1908(1908-01-01) (aged 65) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place	Glenwood Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
Political party	Republican

Chester Bidwell Darrall (June 24, 1842 – January 1, 1908) was an AmericanRepublicanCongressman fromLouisiana during the latter half of the 19th Century.

He was born nearAddison,Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and attended the common schools. Darrall studied medicine and was graduated fromAlbany Medical College inNew York State. During theCivil War, Dr. Darrall entered the Union Army as assistant surgeon of theEighty-sixth Regiment, New York Volunteers, and later was promoted to surgeon. While on active duty in Louisiana, Darrall resigned from the Army in 1867 and engaged in mercantile pursuits and planting in Brashear (nowMorgan City), Louisiana.

Darrall was elected a member of the State Senate of Louisiana in 1868. In 1868 Darrall was elected as aRepublican to theForty-first Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877). He presented credentials as a member-elect to theForty-fifth Congress and served in that Congress from March 4, 1877 to February 20, 1878 when he was succeeded byDemocratJoseph H. Acklen, who had successfully contested the election of 1876.^[1] Darrall moved back to Morgan City and did not seek nomination the next year. In 1880, he was elected for the final time to Congress, serving from March 4, 1881 to March 4, 1883 (the47th Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to theForty-eighth Congress, being defeated by fellow RepublicanWilliam Pitt Kellogg. After his service in Congress, Darrall was appointed by PresidentChester A. Arthur to be Registrar of theUnited States Land Office inNew Orleans from 1883 to 1885. He ran one final time, unsuccessfully, for Congress in 1888. After that, Darrall moved toWashington, D.C., where he wrote a series of books about combat medicine and surgery. He is interred inGlenwood Cemetery in theDistrict of Columbia.^[2]

• United States Congress."Chester Bidwell Darrall (id: D000062)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-03-18

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• People from Somerset County, Pennsylvania
• Union army surgeons
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• People of Louisiana in the American Civil War
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• People from Morgan City, Louisiana
• Burials at Glenwood Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
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• 19th-century United States representatives
• 19th-century members of the Louisiana State Legislature

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