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Edward Darlington

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American politician
Edward Darlington
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives
fromPennsylvania's4th district
In office
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1839
Preceded bySee below
Succeeded bySee below
Personal details
Born(1795-09-17)September 17, 1795
Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedNovember 21, 1884(1884-11-21) (aged 89)
Media, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyAnti-Masonic

Edward Darlington (September 17, 1795 – November 21, 1884) was a three term member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania from theAnti-Masonic Party. His cousinsIsaac Darlington andWilliam Darlington were also both members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Edward Darlington was born inMiddletown Township, Pennsylvania and grew up on a dairy farm.[1] He taught school from 1817 to 1820. He studied law withSamuel Edwards[2] and was admitted to the bar in 1821 and entered practice inChester, Pennsylvania.

In 1824, Darlington was appointed deputy attorney general for Delaware County and served until 1830.[1]

In 1832, Darlington was elected as a member of theAnti-Masonic Party to the23rd United States Congress.[1]

In 1834, he was re-elected to the same office in the24th United States Congress. Darlington served in Congress from 1833 to 1839.[3] He was chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings during theTwenty-fourth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in1838.

He resumed the practice of law and served as attorney for county commissioners from 1846 to 1856. He moved toMedia, Pennsylvania, in 1851 and served as district attorney of Delaware County from 1851 to 1854.

Darlington was a director of theDelaware County National Bank,[2]

In 1842, Darlington was appointed director of the Delaware County Mutual Insurance Company.[4]

He died in Media and was interred inChester Rural Cemetery inChester, Pennsylvania.

References

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  1. ^abcJordan, John W. (1914).A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 710. Retrieved24 March 2018.
  2. ^abWallace, Anthony F.C. (1978).Rockdale: The Growth of an American Village in the Early Industrial Revolution. New York: Knopf. p. 87.ISBN 0-8032-9853-6. Retrieved24 March 2018.
  3. ^Jordan, John W. (1914).A History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 518. Retrieved24 March 2018.
  4. ^Ashmead, Henry Graham (1884).History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. p. 406. Retrieved24 March 2018.

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Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
fromPennsylvania's 4th congressional district

1833–1839

1833–1837 alongside:David Potts, Jr. andWilliam M. Hiester
1837–1839 alongside:David Potts, Jr. andEdward Davies

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