Abel Darlington
{{Short description|American politician (1810–1897)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}}
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| name = Abel Darlington
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| state_house = Pennsylvania
| district = Chester County
| term_start = 1870
| term_end = 1870
| predecessor = James M. Phillips, Stephen M. Meredith, Archimedes Robb
| successor = Joseph C. Keech, Levi Prizer, Samuel H. Hoopes
| alongside = James C. Roberts and Joseph C. Keech
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1810|2|22}}
| birth_place = Westtown Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1897|1||1810|2|22}}
| death_place = Pocopson Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| party = Republican
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| occupation = {{hlist|Politician|farmer}}
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Abel Darlington (February 22, 1810 – January 1897) was an American politician from Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County in 1870.
Biography
Abel Darlington was born on February 22, 1810, in Westtown Township, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |url=https://archives.house.state.pa.us/people/member-biography?ID=7507 |title=Abel Darlington |website=Pennsylvania House of Representatives Archives |access-date=2023-12-26}}
Darlington was a farmer. He was elected as justice of the peace and served from 1853 to 1869 and from 1871 to 1890.
Darlington was a Republican. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County in 1870.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/chestercountyits00thoms/page/440/mode/2up |title=Chester County and Its People |editor-last=Thomson |editor-first=W. W. |year=1898 |publisher=The Union History Company |page=441 |via=Archive.org |access-date=2023-12-26}}{{Open access}}
Darlington died on January 26 or 27, 1897, at his home in Pocopson Township.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-times-death-of-abel-dar/137410492/ |title=Death of Abel Darlington |date=1897-01-28 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Times |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2023-12-26}}{{Open access}}
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Category:Politicians from Chester County, Pennsylvania
Category:Farmers from Pennsylvania
Category:American justices of the peace
Category:Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Category:19th-century American farmers
Category:19th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly
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