Chester B. Darrall

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(June 24, 1842 — January 1, 1908) Darrall was a medical doctor, businessman, and politician. Chester Bidwell Darrall was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania and moved to Louisiana after resigning from the Union Army in 1867. Darall graduated from Albany (New York) Medical College, where he studied medicine. He enlisted to the Union Army during the Civil War and served as an assistant surgeon. When he resigned from the Union Army, he moved to Louisiana and worked in the mercantile business until he was elected to the State Senate in 1868. Darrall was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877. He presented his credentials to the Forty-Fifth Congress until Joseph H. Acklen successfully contested the election. Darrall only served from March 4, 1877 until February 20, 1878 during the Forty-Fifth Congress. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000062]

Member of Louisiana Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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