Note: This is just one of
1,164
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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Edward Darlington (1755-1825) —
of Birmingham, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in East Bradford, Chester
County, Pa., June 13,
1755.
Member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1802-04, 1811-13.
Quaker.
English
ancestry.
Died in Birmingham, Chester
County, Pa., April 1,
1825 (age 69 years, 292
days).
Interment at Pikeland
Friends Burial Ground, Pikeland, Pa.
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Walter Franklin —
of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1809-11.
Burial location unknown.
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Isaac Darlington (1781-1839) —
of Pennsylvania.
Born in Westtown Township, Chester
County, Pa., December
13, 1781.
Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1807-08, 1816; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1817-19; district
judge in Pennsylvania, 1821-39.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., April
27, 1839 (age 57 years, 135
days).
Interment at Pikeland
Friends Burial Ground, Pikeland, Pa.
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William Darlington (1782-1863) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Birmingham, Chester
County, Pa., April
28, 1782.
Physician;
botanist;
U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1815-17, 1819-23;
Chester
County Prothonotary and Clerk, 1827-30; among the founders of the
West Chester Railroad;
president, Bank of
Chester County; delegate to Whig National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1839.
Quaker;
later Episcopalian.
English
ancestry.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., April
23, 1863 (age 80 years, 360
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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James B. Roberts (1784-1822) —
of near Charlestown, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Quakertown, Bucks
County, Pa., November
27, 1784.
Farmer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1814-15.
Died in Charlestown Township, Chester
County, Pa., August
29, 1822 (age 37 years, 275
days).
Interment at Pikeland
Meeting Burial Ground, Pikeland, Pa.
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Edward Darlington (1795-1884) —
of Chester, Delaware
County, Pa.; Media, Delaware
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., September
17, 1795.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 4th District, 1833-39; delegate
to Whig National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1839.
Died in Media, Delaware
County, Pa., November
21, 1884 (age 89 years, 65
days).
Interment at Chester
Rural Cemetery, Chester, Pa.
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William Darlington (1804-1879) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born October
19, 1804.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837, 1873; chief
burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1847, 1862-65.
Died December
6, 1879 (age 75 years, 48
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Henry S. Evans (1813-1872) —
of Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Doylesburg, Franklin
County, Pa., April 1,
1813.
Newspaper
editor and publisher; member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1847-49; member of Pennsylvania
state senate, 1852-54, 1871-72 (4th District 1852-54, 5th
District 1871-72); died in office 1872; chief
burgess of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1861.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., February
9, 1872 (age 58 years, 314
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Edward C. Darlington (1819-1874) —
of Lancaster, Lancaster
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., May 2,
1819.
Whig. Member of Pennsylvania
state senate 7th District, 1852-54.
Died near Yorktown, York
County, Va., March
28, 1874 (age 54 years, 330
days).
Burial location unknown.
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William Butler (1822-1909) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Chester
County, Pa., December
2, 1822.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Pennsylvania, 1861-79; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1879-99;
retired 1899.
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., November
2, 1909 (age 86 years, 335
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Smedley Darlington (1827-1899) —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Pocopson Township, Chester
County, Pa., December
24, 1827.
Republican. Banker; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 6th District, 1887-91; delegate
to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1896
(member, Resolutions
Committee).
Died in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., June 24,
1899 (age 71 years, 182
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Samuel Butler —
also known as "Honest Samuel" —
of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania
state treasurer, 1880-82.
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Stalker Butler (1855-1928) —
also known as Thomas S. Butler —
of West Chester, Chester
County, Pa.
Born in Uwchlan Township, Chester
County, Pa., November
4, 1855.
Republican. Lawyer;
state court judge in Pennsylvania, 1888; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania, 1897-1928 (6th District
1897-1903, 7th District 1903-23, 8th District 1923-28); died in
office 1928.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 26,
1928 (age 72 years, 204
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Smedley Darlington Butler (1881-1940) —
also known as Smedley Butler; "The Fighting
Quaker"; "Old Gimlet Eye" —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
Born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., July 30,
1881.
Republican. Major general in U.S. Marine Corps; received a Medal
of Honor for the capture of Veracruz, Mexico, 1914; received
another for the capture of Fort Riviere, Haiti, 1915; Philadelphia police
commissioner, 1924-25; arrested
and court-martialed
in 1931 over his unauthorized
disclosure
of an incident unflattering to Italian dictator Italian Benito
Mussolini; retired from the service rather than apologize to
Mussolini; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1932.
Quaker.
Died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 21,
1940 (age 58 years, 327
days).
Interment at Oaklands
Cemetery, West Chester, Pa.
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Darlington Hoopes (1896-1989) —
of Reading, Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Vale, Harford
County, Md., September
11, 1896.
Socialist. Lawyer;
member of Pennsylvania
state house of representatives, 1930-36; candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1944; candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 14th District, 1952, 1958;
delegate to Socialist National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960.
Quaker.
Member, American Bar
Association; Eagles;
NAACP.
Died September
25, 1989 (age 93 years, 14
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Darlington Hoopes Jr. (b. 1927) —
of Berks
County, Pa.
Born in Norristown, Montgomery
County, Pa., January
1, 1927.
Lawyer;
Socialist candidate for Pennsylvania
state senate 11th District, 1956; delegate to Socialist National
Convention from Pennsylvania, 1960; member of Pennsylvania
Democratic State Committee, 1968-2009.
Quaker.
Still living as of 2009.
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