Chester Bidwell Darrall
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Chester Bidwell Darrall (June 24, 1842–January 1, 1908) was a Republican Congressman from Louisiana in the latter 19th Century.
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[edit] Early life and military service
He was born near Addison, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and attended the common schools. Darrall studied medicine andgraduated from the Albany (N.Y.) Medical College. During the Civil War, Dr. Darrall entered the Union Army as assistant surgeon of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, New York Volunteers, and later was promoted to surgeon. While on active duty in Louisiana, Darrall resigned from the Army in 1867 and engaged in mercantile pursuits and planting in Brashear (now Morgan City), Louisiana.
[edit] Political career
Darrall was elected a member of the State Senate of Louisiana in 1868 In 1869, Darrall was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877). He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-fifth Congress and served from March 4, 1877, to February 20, 1878, when he was succeeded by Joseph H. Acklen, who successfully contested the election of 1876. Darrall did not seek nomination the next year and moved to Morgan City, Louisiana. In 1880, he was elected for the final time to Congress, serving March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress being defeated by fellow Republican William Pitt Kellogg. After his service in Congress, Darrall was appointed Register of the United States Land Office in New Orleans from 1883-1885. He ran one final time, unsuccessfully, for Congress in 1888. After that, Darrall moved to Washington, D.C., where he died on January 1, 1908. He is interred in Glenwood Cemetery.
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| Preceded by Joseph Parkinson Newsham |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district 1869–1878 |
Succeeded by Joseph Hayes Acklen |
| Preceded by Joseph Hayes Acklen |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district 1881–1883 |
Succeeded by William Pitt Kellogg |
