Isaac Darlington (December 13, 1781 – April 27, 1839) was an American politician and judge from

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. He served as a member of the

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, representing

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from 1807 to 1808. He served was a member of the

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from Pennsylvania from 1817 to 1819.

Early life

Isaac Darlington was born on December 13, 1781, in

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. He was the cousin of

Edward Darlington Edward Darlington (September 17, 1795 – November 21, 1884) was a three term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from the Anti-Masonic Party. His cousins Isaac Darlington and William Darlington were also both members ...

and

William Darlington William Darlington (April 28, 1782 – April 23, 1863) was an American physician, botanist, and politician who served as a Democratic-Republican Party, Democratic-Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd cong ...

, second cousin of

Smedley Darlington Smedley Darlington (December 24, 1827 – June 24, 1899) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1887 to 1891. Biography Darlington ...

. 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.

Career

He started a law practice in West Chester. He was a member of the

, representing

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. Darlington was elected as a

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to the

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congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in

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to the Sixteenth congress. He served from March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819. Darlington was appointed deputy attorney general for

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in 1820 and became presiding judge of the judicial district comprising the counties of Chester and

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from May 1821 until his death.

Personal life

Darlington died at his home in West Chester on April 27, 1839. He was interred in the Friends Burying Ground in Birmingham. His son-in-law was Thomas S. Bell, a state senator and justice of the

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