William Augustus Darling

William Augustus Darling (* December 27, 1817 in Newark, New Jersey, † May 26, 1895 in New York City ) was an American politician. Between 1865 and 1867 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Augustus Darling was born about two and a half years after the end of the British - American War in Newark, and grew up there. During this time he attended public schools. He then moved to New York City, where he worked first as a clerk ( clerk ) and later as a food wholesaler. Darling was director of the Mercantile Library Association. He served eleven as private and officer in the National Guard of New York. In 1847 he was Deputy Receiver of Taxes in New York City - a position which he held until 1854. He was then 1854-1865 President of the Third Avenue Railroad. Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party.

In the congressional elections of 1864 for the 39th Congress Darling was in the ninth constituency of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Anson Herrick on March 4, 1865. In 1866 he suffered in his re-election bid a defeat and retired after March 3, in 1867 the Congress of.

During his time Congress, he ran unsuccessfully in 1866 for the office of mayor of New York City. Darling worked as a tax collector in the ninth district of New York from 26 April 1869 to the April 17, 1871 and April 18, 1871 to April 1, 1876 as a reviewer ( appraiser ). He walked banking transactions after and was president of the Murray Hill Bank. On May 26, 1895, he died in New York City and was buried in the Trinity Church Cemetery.