Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | | Edward Darlington (1755-1825) — of Birmingham,ChesterCounty, Pa.Born in East Bradford,ChesterCounty, Pa.,June 13,1755.Member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1802-04, 1811-13.Quaker.Englishancestry.Died in Birmingham,ChesterCounty, Pa.,April 1,1825 (age69 years, 292days).Interment atPikelandFriends Burial Ground, Pikeland, Pa. | | Walter Franklin — of Pennsylvania.Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1809-11.Burial location unknown. | | Isaac Darlington (1781-1839) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Westtown Township,ChesterCounty, Pa.,December13, 1781.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1807-08, 1816;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1817-19; districtjudge in Pennsylvania, 1821-39.Died in West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.,April27, 1839 (age57 years, 135days).Interment atPikelandFriends Burial Ground, Pikeland, Pa. | | William Darlington (1782-1863) — of West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.Born in Birmingham,ChesterCounty, Pa.,April28, 1782.Physician;botanist;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1815-17, 1819-23;ChesterCounty Prothonotary and Clerk, 1827-30; among the founders of theWest ChesterRailroad;president,Bank ofChester County; delegate to Whig National Convention fromPennsylvania, 1839.Quaker;laterEpiscopalian.Englishancestry.Died in West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.,April23, 1863 (age80 years, 360days).Interment atOaklandsCemetery, West Chester, Pa. | | James B. Roberts (1784-1822) — of near Charlestown,ChesterCounty, Pa.Born in Quakertown,BucksCounty, Pa.,November27, 1784.Farmer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1814-15.Died in Charlestown Township,ChesterCounty, Pa.,August29, 1822 (age37 years, 275days).Interment atPikelandMeeting Burial Ground, Pikeland, Pa. | | Edward Darlington (1795-1884) — of Chester,DelawareCounty, Pa.; Media,DelawareCounty, Pa.Born in West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.,September17, 1795.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1833-39; delegateto Whig National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1839.Died in Media,DelawareCounty, Pa.,November21, 1884 (age89 years, 65days).Interment atChesterRural Cemetery, Chester, Pa. | | William Darlington (1804-1879) — of West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.BornOctober19, 1804.Lawyer;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837, 1873;chiefburgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1847, 1862-65.DiedDecember6, 1879 (age75 years, 48days).Interment atOaklandsCemetery, West Chester, Pa. | | Henry S. Evans (1813-1872) — ofChesterCounty, Pa.Born in Doylesburg,FranklinCounty, Pa.,April 1,1813.Newspapereditor and publisher; member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1847-49; member ofPennsylvaniastate senate, 1852-54, 1871-72 (4th District 1852-54, 5thDistrict 1871-72); died in office 1872;chiefburgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1861.Died in West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.,February9, 1872 (age58 years, 314days).Interment atOaklandsCemetery, West Chester, Pa. | | Edward C. Darlington (1819-1874) — of Lancaster,LancasterCounty, Pa.Born in West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.,May 2,1819.Whig. Member ofPennsylvaniastate senate 7th District, 1852-54.Died near Yorktown,YorkCounty, Va.,March28, 1874 (age54 years, 330days).Burial location unknown. | | William Butler (1822-1909) — of West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.Born inChesterCounty, Pa.,December2, 1822.Newspapereditor;lawyer;common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1861-79;U.S.District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1879-99;retired 1899.Died in West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.,November2, 1909 (age86 years, 335days).Interment atOaklandsCemetery, West Chester, Pa. | | Smedley Darlington (1827-1899) — of West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.Born in Pocopson Township,ChesterCounty, Pa.,December24, 1827.Republican.Banker;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1887-91; delegateto Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania,1896(member,ResolutionsCommittee).Died in West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.,June 24,1899 (age71 years, 182days).Interment atOaklandsCemetery, West Chester, Pa. | | Samuel Butler — also known as"Honest Samuel" — of Pennsylvania.Pennsylvaniastate treasurer, 1880-82.Burial location unknown.  | Thomas Stalker Butler (1855-1928) — also known asThomas S. Butler — of West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.Born in Uwchlan Township,ChesterCounty, Pa.,November4, 1855.Republican.Lawyer;state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1888;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1897-1928 (6th District1897-1903, 7th District 1903-23, 8th District 1923-28); died inoffice 1928.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 26,1928 (age72 years, 204days).Interment atOaklandsCemetery, West Chester, Pa. | | | Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) — also known asSmedley Butler;"The FightingQuaker";"Old Gimlet Eye" —of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in West Chester,ChesterCounty, Pa.,July 30,1881.Republican. Major general in U.S. Marine Corps; received aMedalof Honor for the capture of Veracruz, Mexico, 1914; receivedanother for the capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915; Philadelphiapolicecommissioner, 1924-25;arrestedandcourt-martialedin 1931 over hisunauthorizeddisclosureof an incident unflattering to Italian dictator Italian BenitoMussolini; retired from the service rather than apologize toMussolini; candidate forU.S.Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932.Quaker.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 21,1940 (age58 years, 327days).Interment atOaklandsCemetery, West Chester, Pa. | | Darlington Hoopes (1896-1989) — of Reading,BerksCounty, Pa.Born in Vale,HarfordCounty, Md.,September11, 1896.Socialist.Lawyer;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1930-36; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1944; candidate forPresidentof the United States, 1952, 1956; candidate forU.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1952, 1958;delegate to Socialist National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960.Quaker. Member,American BarAssociation;Eagles;NAACP.DiedSeptember25, 1989 (age93 years, 14days).Burial location unknown. | | Darlington Hoopes Jr. (b. 1927) — ofBerksCounty, Pa.Born in Norristown,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,January1, 1927.Lawyer;Socialist candidate forPennsylvaniastate senate 11th District, 1956; delegate to Socialist NationalConvention from Pennsylvania, 1960; member ofPennsylvaniaDemocratic State Committee, 1968-2009.Quaker.Still living as of 2009.
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