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Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/pittsburgh.html#3">Pittsburgh, Pa.</a>, 1881-82. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="111.71.99">Darlington, Charles Francis, Jr.</a> (1904-1986)</b> — also known as <b>Charles F. Darlington</b> — of Mt. Kisco, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-lived.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y.; Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/09-13.html">September 13, 1904</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">Economist</a>; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/oilgas.html">oil executive</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GB-diplomats.html ">Gabon</a>, 1961-64. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/cfr.html">Council on Foreign Relations</a>. Died, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/ny-hospital.html">New York Hospital</a>-<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/ny-hospital.html">Cornell Medical Center</a>, Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1986/04-11.html">April 11, 1986</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/81.html">81 years, 210 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Charles Francis Darlington and Letitia Craig (O'Neill) Darlington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/11-03.html">November 3, 1931</a>, to Alice Nelson Benning.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/darlington-charles-francis ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Books by Charles F. Darlington:</i> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000R2LJWE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000R2LJWE&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">African Betrayal</a>, with Alice B. Darlington (1968)</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="776.93.83">Darlington, Charles L.</a></b> — of New Bloomfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PE-lived.html">Perry County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1916/PA.html">1916</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="510.06.76">Darlington, Christiana N.</a></b> — of Auburn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/PL-lived.html">Placer County</a>, Calif. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/CA.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b>Darlington, Dillwyn</b> <i>See</i> <a href="#662.86.77">E. Dillwyn Darlington</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="662.86.77">Darlington, E. Dillwyn</a></b> — of Holland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/BU-lived.html">Bucks County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/PA.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="012.88.57">Darlington, Edward</a> (1755-1825)</b> — of Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Born in East Bradford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1755/06-13.html">June 13, 1755</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1802-04, 1811-13. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-died.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1825/04-01.html">April 1, 1825</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/69.html">69 years, 292 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-buried.html#cms03352">Pikeland Friends Burial Ground</a>, Pikeland, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Thomas Darlington and Hannah (Brinton) Darlington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/03-08.html">March 8, 1781</a>, to Hannah Townsend; father of <a href="#252.12.48">William Darlington (1782-1863)</a>; uncle of <a href="#833.80.06">Isaac Darlington</a>, Esther Darlington (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts5.html#258.40.83">James B. Roberts</a>), <a href="#078.63.27">Edward Darlington (1795-1884)</a> and <a href="#078.41.85">William Darlington (1804-1879)</a>; grandfather of <a href="#157.67.14">Edward C. Darlington</a>; granduncle of <a href="#377.16.20">Smedley Darlington</a>; second great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#273.65.67">Smedley Darlington Butler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#983.23.70">Darlington Hoopes</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10379.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="078.63.27">Darlington, Edward</a> (1795-1884)</b> — of Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa.; Media, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-lived.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa. Born in West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1795/09-17.html">September 17, 1795</a>. Whig. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 4th District, 1833-39; delegate to Whig National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1839. Died in Media, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-died.html">Delaware County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/11-21.html">November 21, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 65 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DE-buried.html#cms03351">Chester Rural Cemetery</a>, Chester, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Amy (Sharpless) Darlington and Jesse Darlington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/04-26.html">April 26, 1827</a>, to Ann P. Eyre; nephew of <a href="#012.88.57">Edward Darlington (1755-1825)</a>; first cousin of <a href="#833.80.06">Isaac Darlington</a>, <a href="#252.12.48">William Darlington (1782-1863)</a>, Esther Darlington (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts5.html#258.40.83">James B. Roberts</a>) and <a href="#078.41.85">William Darlington (1804-1879)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#157.67.14">Edward C. Darlington</a> and <a href="#377.16.20">Smedley Darlington</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#273.65.67">Smedley Darlington Butler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#983.23.70">Darlington Hoopes</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10379.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000056">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403195">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7773841">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="157.67.14">Darlington, Edward C.</a> (1819-1874)</b> — of Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/05-02.html">May 2, 1819</a>. Whig. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 7th District, 1852-54. Died near Yorktown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/YO-died.html">York County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1874/03-28.html">March 28, 1874</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/54.html">54 years, 330 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#252.12.48">William Darlington (1782-1863)</a> and Catherine (Lacey) Darlington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1846/07-21.html">July 21, 1846</a>, to Emily Franklin (daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franklin.html#049.52.28">Walter Franklin</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/12-11.html">December 11, 1851</a>, to Mary Leland Hawley; grandson of <a href="#012.88.57">Edward Darlington (1755-1825)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#833.80.06">Isaac Darlington</a>, <a href="#078.63.27">Edward Darlington (1795-1884)</a> and <a href="#078.41.85">William Darlington (1804-1879)</a>; second cousin of <a href="#377.16.20">Smedley Darlington</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#273.65.67">Smedley Darlington Butler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#983.23.70">Darlington Hoopes</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10379.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="833.80.06">Darlington, Isaac</a> (1781-1839)</b> — of Pennsylvania. Born in Westtown Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1781/12-13.html">December 13, 1781</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1807-08, 1816; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 2nd District, 1817-19; district judge in Pennsylvania, 1821-39. Died in West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-died.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1839/04-27.html">April 27, 1839</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/57.html">57 years, 135 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-buried.html#cms03352">Pikeland Friends Burial Ground</a>, Pikeland, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Abraham Darlington and Susannah (Chandler) Darlington; brother of Esther Darlington (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts5.html#258.40.83">James B. Roberts</a>) and <a href="#078.41.85">William Darlington (1804-1879)</a>; married to Mary Peters; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/09-03.html">September 3, 1827</a>, to Rebecca Fairlamb; nephew of <a href="#012.88.57">Edward Darlington (1755-1825)</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#983.23.70">Darlington Hoopes</a>; first cousin of <a href="#252.12.48">William Darlington (1782-1863)</a> and <a href="#078.63.27">Edward Darlington (1795-1884)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#157.67.14">Edward C. Darlington</a> and <a href="#377.16.20">Smedley Darlington</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#273.65.67">Smedley Darlington Butler</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10379.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000057">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403196">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6860216">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="834.48.42">Darlington, Isabel</a></b> — Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="644.79.79">Darlington, Jean B.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 19th District, 1956. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1956. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="997.43.80">Darlington, Joseph</a> (1765-1851)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/FA-lived.html">Fayette County</a>, Pa.; Limestone (now Maysville), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/MA-lived.html">Mason County</a>, Ky.; West Union, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Ohio. Born near Winchester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FR-born.html">Frederick County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1765/07-19.html">July 19, 1765</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/trlg.html">Northwest Territory legislature</a>, 1799-1801; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Ohio state constitutional convention</a> from Adams County, 1802; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/stsen.html">Ohio state senate</a>, 1803. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cholera.html">cholera</a>, in West Union, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/AD-died.html">Adams County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1851/08-02.html">August 2, 1851</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 14 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Meredith Darlington and Sarah (Davis) Darlington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1790/03-18.html">March 18, 1790</a>, to Sarah Wilson.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="771.86.49">Darlington, Richard</a></b> — of West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1904/PA.html">1904</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="377.16.20">Darlington, Smedley</a> (1827-1899)</b> — of West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Born in Pocopson Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1827/12-24.html">December 24, 1827</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Banker</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 6th District, 1887-91; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/PA.html">1896</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1896/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>). Died in West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-died.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/06-24.html">June 24, 1899</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/71.html">71 years, 182 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-buried.html#cms01371">Oaklands Cemetery</a>, West Chester, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Richard Darlington and Edith (Smedley) Darlington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1861/05-15.html">May 15, 1861</a>, to Mary Edwards Baker; father of Maud Mary Darlington (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#619.65.00">Thomas Stalker Butler</a>); grandfather of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#273.65.67">Smedley Darlington Butler</a>; grandnephew of <a href="#012.88.57">Edward Darlington (1755-1825)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#833.80.06">Isaac Darlington</a>, <a href="#252.12.48">William Darlington (1782-1863)</a>, <a href="#078.63.27">Edward Darlington (1795-1884)</a> and <a href="#078.41.85">William Darlington (1804-1879)</a>; second cousin of <a href="#157.67.14">Edward C. Darlington</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#983.23.70">Darlington Hoopes</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10379.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000058">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403197">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6860348">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="256.39.01">Darlington, Walter</a></b> — of Concordia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CL-lived.html">Cloud County</a>, Kan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/concordia.html">Mayor of Concordia, Kan.</a>, 1897-99. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="252.12.48">Darlington, William</a> (1782-1863)</b> — of West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Born in Birmingham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-born.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1782/04-28.html">April 28, 1782</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/physician.html">Physician</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/scientist.html">botanist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania</a> 2nd District, 1815-17, 1819-23; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-officials.html">Chester County Prothonotary and Clerk</a>, 1827-30; among the founders of the West Chester <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/railroading.html">Railroad</a>; president, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/banking.html">Bank</a> of Chester County; delegate to Whig National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1839. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/quaker.html">Quaker</a>; later <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Died in West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-died.html">Chester County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1863/04-23.html">April 23, 1863</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">80 years, 360 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-buried.html#cms01371">Oaklands Cemetery</a>, West Chester, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of <a href="#012.88.57">Edward Darlington (1755-1825)</a> and Hannah (Townsend) Darlington; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1808/06-01.html">June 1, 1808</a>, to Catherine Lacey; father of Jane Darlington (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/evans4.html#506.75.56">Henry S. Evans</a>) and <a href="#157.67.14">Edward C. Darlington</a>; first cousin of <a href="#833.80.06">Isaac Darlington</a>, Esther Darlington (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts5.html#258.40.83">James B. Roberts</a>), <a href="#078.63.27">Edward Darlington (1795-1884)</a> and <a href="#078.41.85">William Darlington (1804-1879)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#377.16.20">Smedley Darlington</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler8.html#273.65.67">Smedley Darlington Butler</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#983.23.70">Darlington Hoopes</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political family:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10379.html">Darlington-Butler family</a> of West Chester, Pennsylvania.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000059">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403198">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William Darlington">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6860380">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="078.41.85">Darlington, William</a> (1804-1879)</b> — of West Chester, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-lived.html">Chester County</a>, Pa. Born <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1804/10-19.html">October 19, 1804</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention</a>, 1837, 1873; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/westchester.html#3">chief burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania</a>, 1847, 1862-65. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1879/12-06.html">December 6, 1879</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 48 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CH-buried.html#cms01371">Oaklands Cemetery</a>, West Chester, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Abraham Darlington and Susannah (Chandler) Darlington; brother of <a href="#833.80.06">Isaac Darlington</a> and Esther Darlington (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts5.html#258.40.83">James B. Roberts</a>); married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1829/03-19.html">March 19, 1829</a>, to Catharine Paxson; nephew of <a href="#012.88.57">Edward Darlington (1755-1825)</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hoopes-hopkin.html#983.23.70">Darlington Hoopes</a>; first cousin of <a href="#252.12.48">William Darlington (1782-1863)</a> and <a href="#078.63.27">Edward Darlington (1795-1884)</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="#157.67.14">Edward C. 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