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Darwin Phelps

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(April 17, 1807 — December 14, 1879) Darwin Phelps was an American politician and lawyer. Phelps was born in East Granby, Connecticut in 1807, but was raised by his grandparents in Ohio after being orphaned. He moved to Pennsylvania to attend Western University and study law. Phelps was admitted to the bar in 1835 and practiced law in Kittanning, Pennsylvania. He was involved in local politics, serving on the town council in 1841 and 1848. Later, he served as a member of the State House of Representatives in 1865. Phelps was eventually elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March, 1869 to March, 1871. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/P000293]

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