Isaac Darlington | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 Serving with Roger Davis | |
| Preceded by | William Darlington andJohn Hahn |
| Succeeded by | William Darlington andSamuel Gross |
| Member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives from theChester County district | |
| In office 1807–1808 | |
| Preceded by | John Boyd,Methuselah Davis,James Kelton,Francis Gardner, John G. Bull |
| Succeeded by | James Steele,John W. Cunningham,John Ramsay,Jacob Clemmons,Roger Davis |
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| Born | (1781-12-13)December 13, 1781 |
| Died | April 27, 1839(1839-04-27) (aged 57) West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Resting place | Friends Burying Ground Birmingham, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Relatives | Edward Darlington (cousin) William Darlington (cousin) Smedley Darlington (second cousin) |
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Isaac Darlington (December 13, 1781 – April 27, 1839) was an American politician and judge fromPennsylvania. He served as a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives, representingChester County from 1807 to 1808. He served was a member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1817 to 1819.
Isaac Darlington was born on December 13, 1781, inWesttown Township, Pennsylvania. He was the cousin ofEdward Darlington andWilliam Darlington, second cousin ofSmedley Darlington.[1] Darlington attended Friends School atBirmingham, Pennsylvania. He studied under schoolmaster John Forsythe. He taught at a country school for two or three years. He studied law under Joseph Hemphill, and was admitted to the bar in 1801.[1][2]
He started a law practice in West Chester. He was a member of thePennsylvania House of Representatives, representingChester County from 1807 to 1808. He was elected again in a special election in February 1816 to fill a vacancy. He served as a lieutenant and adjutant of the Second Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in 1814 and 1815.[1][2]
Darlington was elected as aFederalist to theFifteenth congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in1818 to theSixteenth congress. He served from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819.[1]
Darlington was appointed deputy attorney general forChester County, Pennsylvania in 1820 and became presiding judge of the judicial district comprising the counties of Chester andDelaware from May 1821 until his death.[1][2]
Darlington died at his home in West Chester on April 27, 1839. He was interred in the Friends Burying Ground in Birmingham.[1][2][3]
His son-in-law wasThomas S. Bell, a state senator and justice of theSupreme Court of Pennsylvania.[1]
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