1. Smedley Darlington was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the US House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district from 1887 to 1891.
10 Facts About Smedley Darlington
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Smedley Darlington attended the common schools and the Friends' Central School in Philadelphia.
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Smedley Darlington taught at Friends' Central School for several years, and while teaching he made stenographic reports of sermons, lectures, and speeches for the newspapers of Philadelphia.
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Smedley Darlington enlisted in the Civil War as a private and was promoted to the rank of captain in Beaumont's Independent Company of Cavalry, Pennsylvania Volunteer Emergency Militia.
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Smedley Darlington was discharged with the company on September 24,1862.
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Smedley Darlington was an early entrant into the petroleum industry in the 1880s, and maintained an office in Oil City, Pennsylvania from which he managed his involvement.
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Smedley Darlington was a delegate to the 1872 Liberal Republican convention and the 1896 Republican National Convention.
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Smedley Darlington was reelected to the 51st Congresses in 1888.
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Smedley Darlington served as a Representative from March 4,1887 to March 3,1891 and was not a candidate for renomination in 1890.
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Smedley Darlington was the second cousin of Congressmen Edward Darlington, Isaac Darlington, and William Darlington.