Isaac Darlington

Isaac Darlington
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
Serving with Roger Davis
Preceded byWilliam Darlington and John Hahn
Succeeded byWilliam Darlington and Samuel Gross
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the Chester County district
In office
1807–1808
Preceded byJohn Boyd, Methuselah Davis, James Kelton, Francis Gardner, John G. Bull
Succeeded byJames Steele, John W. Cunningham, John Ramsay, Jacob Clemmons, Roger Davis
Personal details
Born(1781-12-13)December 13, 1781
Westtown Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 27, 1839(1839-04-27) (aged 57)
West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting placeFriends Burying Ground
Birmingham, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyFederalist
RelativesEdward Darlington (cousin)
William Darlington (cousin)
Smedley Darlington (second cousin)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • judge
  • lawyer

Isaac Darlington (December 13, 1781 – April 27, 1839) was an American politician and judge from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1807 to 1808. He served was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1817 to 1819.

Early life

Isaac Darlington was born on December 13, 1781, in Westtown Township, Pennsylvania. He was the cousin of Edward Darlington and William Darlington, second cousin of Smedley Darlington.[1] Darlington attended Friends School at Birmingham, 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]

Career

He started a law practice in West Chester. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester 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 a Federalist to the Fifteenth congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1818 to the Sixteenth congress. He served from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819.[1]

Darlington was appointed deputy attorney general for Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1820 and became presiding judge of the judicial district comprising the counties of Chester and Delaware from May 1821 until his death.[1][2]

Personal life

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 was Thomas S. Bell, a state senator and justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Darlington, Isaac". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  2. ^ a b c d Thomson, W. W., ed. (1898). Chester County and Its People. The Union History Company. pp. 438, 529–530. Retrieved 2023-11-03 – via Archive.org.Open access icon
  3. ^ "Death of Judge Darlington". Carlisle Weekly Herald. 1839-05-01. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-11-03 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district
1817–1819

alongside: Roger Davis

Succeeded by


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