Charles Hial Darling (May 9, 1859 – October 31, 1944) was

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from 1901 to 1905.

Biography

Darling was born in

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on May 9, 1859. He was educated at Green Mountain Perkins Academy and Montpelier Seminary, and went to college at

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, receiving his

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in 1884. He was

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in 1886, and practiced in

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as the partner of Orion M. Barber. A

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, he was appointed as a municipal judge in 1887 by

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, and subsequently reappointed by each governor until 1901. In 1889, he married Agnes C. Norton of Bennington, and together the couple had three daughters, Margaret, Alice, and Elizabeth. Darling was elected president of the village of Bennington in 1895, and in 1896-97, he represented the town of Bennington in the Vermont House of Representatives. He was elected president of the

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in 1900. In 1901,

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nominated Darling as

. Darling held this office from December 17, 1901 until October 30, 1905. Upon leaving

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in 1906, Darling settled in Burlington, Vermont. Darling was active with the Sons of the American Revolution, serving as the Vermont society's president in 1908, and with the Vermont Historical Society, of which he was a life member. He was also an active Freemason.

References

Sources

* Prentiss Cutler Dodge, ''Encyclopedia - Vermont Biography'' (Burlington Ullery Publishing Co., 1912): p. 163 * Walter Hill Crockett, ''Vermont: The Green Mount State'' (New York: Century History Co., 1921), p. 353 * Walter John Coates (ed.), ''A Bibliography of Vermont Poetry and Gazetteer of Vermont Poets'' (Montpelier: Vermont Historical Society, 1942)] [Vol. 1], p. 102. {{DEFAULTSORT:Darling, Charles 1859 births 1944 deaths Sons of the American Revolution United States Assistant Secretaries of the Navy People from Woodstock, Vermont Vermont lawyers Members of the Vermont House of Representatives