William Augustus Darling

William Augustus Darling

William Augustus Darling (December 27, 1817 - May 26, 1895) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Biography

Born in Newark, New Jersey, Darling attended the public schools.He moved to New York City, where he was employed as a clerk and afterwards engaged in the wholesale grocery business.He served as director of the Mercantile Library Association.He served eleven years as a private and officer in the New York National Guard. Deputy receiver of taxes for the city of New York 1847-1854.He served as president of the Third Avenue Railroad 1854-1865.

Darling was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1867).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1866 to the Fortieth Congress.He was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of New York City in 1866.He served as collector of internal revenue for the ninth district of New York from April 26, 1869, to April 17, 1871, and as appraiser from April 18, 1871, to April 1, 1876.He engaged in banking and served as president of the Murray Hill Bank.He died in New York City May 26, 1895.He was interred in Trinity Cemetery.

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