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Chester Bidwell Darrall (June 24, 1842January 1, 1908) was an American Republican
Darrall was elected a member of the State Senate of Louisiana in 1868. In 1868 Darrall was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877). He presented credentials as a member
Congressman
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from Louisiana
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during the latter half of the 19th Century.
Early life and military service
He was born nearAddison
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, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
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, and attended the common schools. Darrall studied medicine and was graduated from Albany Medical College
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in New York
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, 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.
Political career and later life
Darrall was elected a member of the State Senate of Louisiana in 1868. In 1868 Darrall was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877). He presented credentials as a member-elect
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to the Forty-fifth Congress and served in that Congress from March 4, 1877 to February 20, 1878 when he was succeeded by Democrat
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Joseph H. Acklen, who had successfully contested the election of 1876. Darrall moved back to Morgan City and did not seek nomination the next year. In 1880, he was elected for the final time to Congress, serving from March 4, 1881 to March 4, 1883 (the 47th Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress, being defeated by fellow Republican William Pitt Kellogg
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. After his service in Congress, Darrall was appointed by President Chester A. Arthur
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to be Registrar of the United States Land Office
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in New Orleans
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from 1883 to 1885. He ran one final time, unsuccessfully, for Congress in 1888. After that, Darrall moved to Washington, D.C.
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, where he wrote a series of books about combat medicine and surgery. He is interred in Glenwood Cemetery in the District of Columbia
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