Chester Bidwell Darrall

Chester Bidwell Darrall (June 24, 1842–January 1, 1908) was a Republican Congressman from Louisiana in the latter 19th Century.

Early life and military service

He was born near Addison, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and attended the common schools. Darrall studied medicine and was graduated from Albany Medical College in New York State. 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.

Political career

Darrall was elected a member of the State Senate of Louisiana in 1868. In 1869 Darrall was elected as a Republican Party (United States) Republican to the Forty-first Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses (1969 March 4 - 1877 March 3). He presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Forty-fifth Congress and served from 1877 March 4 to 1878 February 20 when he was succeeded by Democrat Joseph H. Acklen, who had successfully contested the election of 1876.^[1] 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 1881 March 4 to 1883 March 3 (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. After his service in Congress, Darrall was appointed by President Chester A. Arthur to be Registrar of the United States Land Office in New Orleans from 1883 to 1885. He ran one final time, unsuccessfully, for Congress in 1888. After that, Darrall moved to Washington, D.C., where he died on 1908 January 1. He is interred in Glenwood Cemetery in the District of Columbia.

References

1. ^ This congressional election was part of a larger set of controversies in the 1876 presidential election.

• Chester Bidwell Darrall at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-03-18

External links

Biography portal

• "Chester Bidwell Darrall". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10933260. Retrieved 2009-03-18. 

United States House of Representatives
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

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Name	Darrall, Chester Bidwell
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Date of birth	1842
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Date of death	1908
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