George William Dargan (May 11, 1841 – June 29, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from

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, great-grandson of Lemuel Benton.

Biography

Born at Sleepy Hollow, near Darlington, South Carolina, Dargan attended the schools of his native county and the South Carolina Military Academy. He served in the

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throughout the

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. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1872 and practiced in Darlington, South Carolina. He was elected to the State house of representatives in 1877. He served as solicitor of the fourth judicial circuit of South Carolina in 1880. Dargan was elected as a Democrat to the 48th United States Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1891). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1890. He resumed the practice of law and died on June 29, 1898, in Darlington, South Carolina, where he was interred in First Baptist Churchyard.

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